1 Against the tyranny of princes and false prophets.

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel: should not ye know [a]judgment?

But they hate the good, and love the evil: [b]they pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:1 That thing which is just and lawful, both to govern my people aright, and also to discharge your own conscience.
  2. Micah 3:2 The Prophet condemneth the wicked governors not only of covetousness, theft, and murder, but compareth them to wolves, lions, and most cruel beasts.

Leaders and Prophets Rebuked

Then I said,

“Listen, you leaders(A) of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
    you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;(B)

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