Micah 3:1

Israel's Leaders Denounced

¹ And I said,
“Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to know justice?
² “You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,

Give Ear

House of Israel

People of Israel

Israel

Jacob

Psalm 82:1-5

A Psalm of Asaph.
God takes His stand in His own congregation;
He judges in the midst of the rulers.

Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of the Lord,
You rulers of Sodom;
Give ear to the instruction of our God,
You people of Gomorrah.

Deuteronomy 1:13-17

Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

2 Chronicles 19:5-10

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

Psalm 14:4

Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

Jeremiah 5:4-5

Then I said, “They are only the poor,
They are foolish;
For they do not know the way of the Lord
Or the ordinance of their God.

Jeremiah 13:15-18

Listen and give heed, do not be haughty,
For the Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 22:2-3

and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to your husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”

Micah 3:9-10

Now hear this, heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who abhor justice
And twist everything that is straight,

1 Corinthians 6:5

I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,