1 Then I said, 'Kindly listen, you leaders of the House of Jacob, you princes of the House of Israel. Surely you are the ones who ought to know what is right,
2 and yet you hate what is good and love what is evil, skinning people alive, pulling the flesh off their bones,
3 eating my people's flesh, stripping off their skin, breaking up their bones, chopping them up small like flesh for the pot, like meat in the stew-pan?'
4 Then they will call to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. When the time comes he will hide his face from them because of the crimes they have committed.
5 Yahweh says this against the prophets who lead my people astray: So long as they have something to eat they cry 'Peace'. But on anyone who puts nothing into their mouths they declare war.
6 And so, for you, night will be without vision and for you the darkness without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, the daylight will go black above them.
7 Then the seers will be covered with shame, the diviners with confusion; they will all put their hands over their mouths because there is no answer from God.
8 Not so with me, I am full of strength (full of Yahweh's spirit), of the sense of right, of energy to accuse Jacob of his crime and Israel of his sin.
9 Kindly listen to this, you leaders of the House of Jacob, you princes of the House of Israel, who detest justice, wresting it from its honest course,
10 who build Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity!
11 Her leaders give verdicts for presents, her priests take a fee for their rulings, her prophets divine for money and yet they rely on Yahweh! 'Isn't Yahweh among us?' they say, 'No disaster is going to overtake us.'
12 That is why, thanks to you, Zion will become ploughland, Jerusalem a heap of rubble and the Temple Mount a wooded height.
Versículos relacionados com Micah, 3:
Micah chapter 3 presents an accusation against the leaders and rulers of Judah and Israel, who use their power to oppress the people and practice injustice. Seeking throughout the Bible, I found the following verses related to the topics addressed in this chapter:
Jeremiah 23:1-2: "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and disperse the sheep of my pasture! - Says the Lord. So the Lord says, God of Israel, to the shepherds who cease to my people: You have spewed my sheep , and you have come to them, and you have not visited them; behold, I will visit you the wickedness of your works, says the Lord. " This verse condemns leaders who neglect their responsibilities and cause damage to the people, which is similar to the accusation presented against leaders in Micah 3.
Proverbs 28:15: "As a roar lion, and hungry bear, so it is the wicked who dominates over a poor people." This verse talks about the oppression that wicked leaders can exercise about the people, which is mentioned in Micah 3.
Ezekiel 22:27: "Its princes in the midst of it are like wolves that snatch the prey, spilling blood and destroying lives to satisfy its greed." In this verse, leaders are compared to wolves who destroy and kill because of their greed, which is similar to the accusation against leaders in Micah 3.
Isaiah 5:23: "Those who justify the wicked by gifts and take justice to the righteous!" This verse condemns the corruption that leaders can practice, accepting bribes and denying justice to the righteous, which is mentioned in Micah 3.
Psalm 82:2-4: "Until when shall you be unfairly judged, and respect to the people of the wicked? Do justice to the poor and orphan; justify the distress and the needy. Deliver the poor and needy; take them out of the hands of the wicked. . " In this verse, leaders are urged to do justice and defend the poor and needy, which is similar to the accusation against leaders in Micah 3.
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