వ్యాఖ్యానం ప్రస్తుతం ఆంగ్లంలో మాత్రమే అందుబాటులో ఉంది. తెలుగు అనువాదం పురోగతిలో ఉంది.
Micah 3 — They That Hate the Good, and Love the Evil
Hear, O heads of Jacob: is it not for you to know judgment? Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones. Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them. The prophets that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace. But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. The heads judge for reward, the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money. Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field.
“But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.”
— Micah 3:8
- v.1-4 Corrupt rulers
- v.5-7 False prophets
- v.8-12 Micah's true commission
Corruption at every level — judges, priests, prophets — paired with religious presumption. They take bribes and trust God's presence to protect them.
A warning. Trust in God's presence is not magic that immunizes against judgment when injustice is the daily practice.
Verse 8 is the calling of a faithful witness. The Spirit's power is for naming sin truthfully. If the cost of your truth-telling is comfort, the chapter authorizes it. The honest prophet was more valuable to Israel than all the hirelings together.
Christ, the truest Prophet, would be killed for naming the corruption of the heads, priests, and false teachers. Micah's pattern reaches its fullest in Him.
Micah's self-portrait. Spirit-filled, judgment-bearing, commissioned to expose sin. The true prophet does not flatter; he names.
A contrast with the hireling prophets of v.11. Where they tell people what pays, Micah tells what is true.