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Micah 3:1 (show verse)
Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, - Is it not yours to know justice?
Micah 3:2 (show verse)
Ye haters of right, and lovers of wrong, - tearing away their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Micah 3:3 (show verse)
Who indeed have eaten the flesh of my people, and, their skin from off them, have stript, and, their bones, have they broken in pieces, - and will spread them out, as flesh with a fork, and as flesh, in the midst of a pot.
Micah 3:4 (show verse)
Then, shall they make outcry unto Yahweh, but he will not answer them, - that he may hide his face from them, at that time, even as they have made wicked their doings.
Micah 3:5 (show verse)
Thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the prophets who are leading astray my people, - who bite with their teeth, and then cry - Prosper! and whoso holdeth not to their mouth, they hallow against him a war!
Micah 3:6 (show verse)
Therefore, shall it be night to you, for lack of vision, and darkness to you, for lack of divination, - and the sun, shall go in, over the prophets, and the day, shall be overcast because of them;
Micah 3:7 (show verse)
And the men of vision, shall turn pale, and the diviners, shall blush, and shall put a covering upon their lip, all of them, - because there is no answer of God.
Micah 3:8 (show verse)
But, in very deed, I, am full of vigour, with the spirit of Yahweh, and of justice and of valour, - to declare to Jacob, his transgression, and to Israel, his sin.
holy Boldness » Ministers should exhibit, in » Reproving sin
Holy spirit » Power of » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
Inspiration » Examples of » Ezekiel
the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit » Design of » To testify against sin
the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit » Design of » To give power to ministers
Power » Of the holy spirit » Saints » Enabled to speak the truth boldly by
Power » Spiritual, general references to » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
Power, Of The Holy Spirit » Saints » Enabled to speak the truth boldly by
Prophets » Examples of » Ezekiel
Reproof » Ministers are empowered to give
Spiritual » Power » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
Holy spirit » Power of » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
Inspiration » Examples of » Ezekiel
the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit » Design of » To testify against sin
the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit » Design of » To give power to ministers
Power » Of the holy spirit » Saints » Enabled to speak the truth boldly by
Power » Spiritual, general references to » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
Power, Of The Holy Spirit » Saints » Enabled to speak the truth boldly by
Prophets » Examples of » Ezekiel
Reproof » Ministers are empowered to give
Spiritual » Power » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
Micah 3:9 (show verse)
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, - who abhor justice, and, all right, do pervert:
Micah 3:10 (show verse)
Building Zion, with deeds of blood, - and Jerusalem, with perversity.
Micah 3:11 (show verse)
Her heads, for a bribe, pronounce sentence, and, her priests, for a price, give direction, and, her prophets, for silver, divine, - yet, on Yahweh, they lean, saying, Is not, Yahweh, in our midst? there shall not come upon us, calamity.
Church » Corruption in
Court » Corrupt
Earthly » Reward » Earthly, a source of temptation
Government » Corruption in
Government » Wicked rulers
greed » General references to
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The jews
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
Leaders » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Ministers » Support of » Unfaithful, general references to
Ministers » When unfaithful » Seek gain
priests » Corrupt
False prophets » Described as » Covetous
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Reward » Spiritual crowns » Earthly, a source of temptation
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Performing duty for reward
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Priests, corrupt
Court » Corrupt
Earthly » Reward » Earthly, a source of temptation
Government » Corruption in
Government » Wicked rulers
greed » General references to
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The jews
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
Leaders » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Ministers » Support of » Unfaithful, general references to
Ministers » When unfaithful » Seek gain
priests » Corrupt
False prophets » Described as » Covetous
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Reward » Spiritual crowns » Earthly, a source of temptation
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Performing duty for reward
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Priests, corrupt
Micah 3:12 (show verse)
Wherefore, for your sake, Zion, as a field, shall be ploughed, and, Jerusalem, unto heaps of ruins, shall be turned, - and, the mountain of the house, shall be like mounds in a jungle.