Micah 3:7

1 Samuel 14:37; 1 Samuel 28:15; 1 Samuel 28:6; 1 Samuel 9:9; 2 Timothy 3:8; 2 Timothy 3:9; Amos 8:11; Daniel 2:9-11; Exodus 8:18; Exodus 8:19; Exodus 9:11; Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22; Isaiah 44:25; Isaiah 47:12-14; Leviticus 13:45; Psalms 74:9; Zechariah 13:4

Related Commentaries of Micah 3:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They shall cover their lips - Literally, the hair of the upper lip . This was an action enjoined on lepers Leviticus 13:45 , and a token of mour...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover (f) their lips; for [there is] no answer of God. (f) When Go...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Unjust Rulers and False Prophets of Judah. Micah first addresses those whose official duty it is to know justice, i.e. sympathetically, and d...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He confirms the same thing in the next verse, And ashamed shall be the seers and confounded the diviners, (102) and they shall cover thei...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. Shall the seers...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. Then shall...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Wickedness in High Places Micah returns to his indictment against the people's leaders. Their power was given for the sake of justice, and they ha...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cover their lips ] a sign of mourning: cp. Leviticus 13:45 ; Ezekiel 24:17 ; Ezekiel 24:22 . 8 . Micah's ideal of the prophet's function, viz....
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They shall all cover their lips. — As the lepers, who were cut off from all communication with men, so also these false prophets, being cut off fro...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE PROPHET OF THE POOR Micah 2:1-13 ; Micah 3:1-12 WE have proved Micah's love for his countryside in the effusion of his heart upon her vill...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Punishment of Avarice Micah 3:1-12 The princes who as magistrates should have administered justice to others sat around the caldron, castin...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Addressing himself directly to the rulers of the people, in this second message the prophet describes their peculiar sin, and announces the coming ju...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But here we have the most awful account, when the ministers of God, or the pretenders to that ministry, are given up to a deluded mind. While the Lor...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded ,.... When the events of things will make it most clearly appear to all that their visi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for [there is] no answer of God. Ver. 7. Then...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore night shall be unto you Darkness, uncertainty, perplexity, and heavy troubles, shall be to you prophets; that ye shall not have a vision...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crimes of the Princes and Prophets. B. C. 726....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then; in the days of this calamity, which shall confute all the flattering promises of these prophets. The seers, who called themselves, were acc...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah's Indictment of Judah ( Micah 3:1-8 ). Micah inveighs first against the leadership of Judah, and then against the prophets who make people e...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Micah 3:5 . Prophets ] False prophets flatter and promise security from judgment. Bite ] Like serpents; cry, Peace ] When th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 3:10 . They build up Zion with blood. The Chaldaic reads, they build up the houses of Zion with blood. They oppress the poor to a premature...
The Biblical Illustrator

Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make My people err False prophets Here the prophet attacks the false prophets, as before he h...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 3:1-5:15 Part II . DENUNCIATION OF THE CRIMES OF THE GRANDEES , FOLLOWED BY A PROMISE OF THE GLORIF...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sins of the Rulers and the Desolation of Zion. Also in this Chapter the discourse is directed to the nobility of the people, who abused the au...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then shall the seers be ashamed, be disgraced on account of the fact that their predictions are not fulfilled, and the diviners confounded, blushin...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The seers — So called by the deceived people. Cover their lips — Mourners did thus, Ezekiel 24:17 , Ezekiel 24:22 . So these shall mourn and pine...

⁷ Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips;a for there is no answer of God.

Related Commentaries of Micah 3:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Micah 3:7