Micah 3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:7

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 visions, divinations, and prophecies, are false; they will not be able to lift up their heads, or show their faces, but shame and confusion will cover them: yea, they shall all cover their lips ; stop their mouths, hold their tongues, and be entirely and totally silenced; they will not pretend to utter any other vision or prophecy; nor be able to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:8

But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord ,.... Or, "full of power, even, the Spirit of the Lord", as Gussetius F6 Ebr. Comment. p. 468. , by way of contrast, and as explaining what is meant by power; for so the Spirit is sometimes called from his gifts and graces, which are powerful in men; see Luke 24:47 . These are the words of Micah concerning himself, in opposition to the false prophets, who are destitute of the Spirit of God; men of mean sordid dispositions, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:9

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel ,.... As an instance of his boldness, courage, and impartiality, he begins with the principal men of the land, and charges them with sins, and reproves for them, and denounces judgments on account of them; See Gill on Micah 3:1 ; that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity ; a sad character of princes, rulers, and judges, who not only ought to know but to love judgment, justice, and equity, and do... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:10

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Or, "O thou that buildest up" F7 בונה "aedificans", Montanus, Munster, Burkius. , &c.; or "everyone of them that buildeth up" F8 "Quisque eorum aedificat", Vatablus, Piscator, Drusius. , &c.; for the word is in the singular number; but, be fire words rendered either of these ways, they respect the heads and princes of the people; who either repaired the temple on Zion, or ornamented the king's palace, or built... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:11

The heads thereof judge for reward ,.... That is, the heads or principal men of Zion and Jerusalem; the kings, or sanhedrim, according to Kimchi; but as this prophecy was delivered in the times of Hezekiah, Jeremiah 26:18 , be who was so good a king must be excepted from this charge; perhaps it was delivered in the beginning of his reign, before a reformation was made, and might be the occasion of it: the former reign was a very wicked one; and very likely the public officers, judges, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:12

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field ,.... That is, for your sins, as the Targum; for the bloodshed, injustice, and avarice of the princes, priests, and prophets; not that the common people were free from crimes; but these are particularly mentioned, as being ringleaders into sin, and who ought to have set better examples; as also to take off their vain confidence in themselves, who thought that Zion and Jerusalem would be built up and established by them, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 3

In this chapter the prophet inveighs with great boldness and spirit against the princes and prophets of Judah; and foretells the destruction of Jerusalem as the consequence of their iniquity, Micah 3:1-12 . The last verse was fulfilled to a certain extent by Nebuchadnezzar; but most fully and literally by the Romans under Titus. See Josephus. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 3:1

Hear - O heads of Jacob - The metaphor of the flock is still carried on. The chiefs of Jacob, and the princes of Israel, instead of taking care of the flocks, defending them, and finding them pasture, oppressed them in various ways. They are like wolves, who tear the skin of the sheep, and the flesh off their bones. This applies to all unjust and oppressive rulers. Suetonius tells us, in his Life of Tiberius, that when the governors of provinces wrote to the emperor, entreating him to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 3:4

Then shall they cry - When calamity comes upon these oppressors, they shall cry for deliverance: but they shall not be heard; because, in their unjust exactions upon the people, they went on ruthlessly, and would not hear the cry of the oppressed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 3:5

That bite with their teeth - That eat to the full; that are well provided for, and as long as they are so, prophesy smooth things, and cry, Peace! i.e., Ye shall have nothing but peace and prosperity. Whereas the true prophet, "who putteth not into their mouths," who makes no provision for their evil propensities, "they prepare war against him." מלחמה עליו קדשו kiddeshu alaiv milchamah , "They sanctify a war against him." They call on all to help them to put down a man who is speaking... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 3:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 3:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 3:5

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