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 and administer justice?
²
“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear the skin off my people
And their flesh from their bones;

Give Ear

House of Israel

People of Israel

Israel

Jacob

Psalm 82:1-5

God stands in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods (divine beings).

Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of the Lord [rulers of Jerusalem],
You rulers of [another] Sodom,
Listen to the law and instruction of our God,
You people of [another] Gomorrah.

Deuteronomy 1:13-17

Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, experienced, and respected men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as heads (leaders) over you.’

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) 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

Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

Jeremiah 5:4-5

Then I said, “[Surely] these are only the poor (uneducated);
They are [sinfully] foolish and have no [spiritual] understanding,
For they do not know the way of the Lord
Or the ordinance of their God [and the requirements of His just and righteous law].

Jeremiah 13:15-18

Listen and pay close attention, do not be haughty and overconfident,
For the Lord has spoken [says Jeremiah].

Jeremiah 22:2-3

‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David—you and your servants and your people who enter by these gates.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this and pay close attention, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the [pronounced] judgment pertains to you and is meant for you to hear,
Because you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out over Tabor (military strongholds on either side of the Jordan River).

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you [well-fed, pampered] cows (women) of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to their husbands, “Bring [the wine] now, and let us drink!”

Micah 3:9-10

Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who hate and reject justice
And twist everything that is straight,

1 Corinthians 6:5

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is not one wise man among you who [is governed by integrity and] will be able and competent to decide [private disputes] between his fellow believers,