Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 3:12
Therefore shall Zion for your sake - for your sake shall ZionBe plowed as a field - They thought to be its builders; they were its destroyers. They imagined to advance or secure its temporal prosperity by bloods; they (as men ever do first or last,) ruined it. Zion might have stood, but for these its acute, far-sighted politicians, who scorned the warnings of the prophets, as well-meant ignorance of the world or of the necessities of the state. They taught, perhaps they thought, that “for... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 3:12
The desolating effects of sin. The Book of Micah may popularly be considered as consisting of three sections—the first setting forth national guilt and corruption (ch. 1-3); the second ( Micah 4:1-13 ; Micah 5:1-15 .) as presenting glimpses of a brighter and better age; and the third ( Micah 6:1-16 ; Micah 7:1-20 .) as unfolding the nature and importance of sincere and practical religion, and the Divine mercy to all who thus turn to God and serve him with all their hearts. The verse... read more