Micah 3:1
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
- KJV
- And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
- WEB
- I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?
- ASV
- And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?
- DARBY
- And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
- BLB
- And I said: “Hear now, O heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Is [it] not for you⁺ to know justice—
- ÅB
- Og jeg sa:
Hør, dere Jakobs høvdinger,
dere ledere for Israels hus!
Er det ikke deres sak å kjenne retten? - OTB
- Og jeg sa,
"Hør nå, dere ledere av Jakob
Og herskere over Israels hus.
Er det ikke for dere å kjenne rettferdighet? - B1930
- Og jeg sa: Hør, I Jakobs høvdinger og I dommere for Israels hus! Er det ikke eders sak å vite hvad rett er?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 82:1–5
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:4–5
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Read in contextHosea 5:1
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:5
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
Read in contextMicah 3:9–10
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:13–17
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Read in contextJeremiah 22:2–3
And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
Read in context