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?”

"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?" - Micah 3:1
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What does Micah 3:1 mean?

The Bible verse Micah 3:1 in the King James Version (KJV) states, "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?" This verse is found within the Book of Micah, which is a prophetic book in the Old…

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Understanding Justice: A Call to Leaders

In Micah 3:1, we behold a poignant plea from the prophet Micah, who boldly addresses the leaders of Israel, saying, "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?" This scripture serves as a crucial…

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A Prayer for Justice and Leadership

Heavenly Father, the Most High, we come before You today with hearts heavy for the state of our world, echoing the words of Micah 3:1, where it is declared, "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…

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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?"
"Then I said, “Listen, you leaders 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; who eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?”" - Micah 3:1-3
Micah 1:3 - "For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth."
Micah 1:1 - "The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem."
Micah 3:10 - "They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity."
Micah 5:2-5
Micah 3:7 - "Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God."
Micah 1:3-4 - "For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place, And will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will split, Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place."
Judges 17:1 - "And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah."
"They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity." - Micah 3:10
"For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth." - Micah 1:3
Micah 3:12 - "Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest."
1 Chronicles 8:35 - "And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz."
Micah 3:9 - "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."
1 Chronicles 9:41 - "And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz."
Micah 3:8 - "¶ 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."
1 Chronicles 9:40 - "And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah."
Micah 6:3 - "O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me."
"The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem." - Micah 1:1
1 Chronicles 8:34 - "And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah."
1 Chronicles 5:5 - "Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,"
1 Chronicles 9:15 - "And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;"
Micah 1:10 - "¶ Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust."
Micah 3:4 - "Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings."
Micah 5:3 - "Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel."
Micah 7:3 - "¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up."
Micah 3:5 - "¶ Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him."
Micah 1:14 - "Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel."
Micah 1:12 - "For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem."