Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Micah 3:1
And I said: in further discharge of his prophetic office, and his direction from the Lord, the prophet proceeds to preach. Hear; attend diligently, and give good ear. I pray you: being to address to governors, he entreats their attention, as we have the Hebrew particle here rendered, which might have been rendered now, and so the Gallic version doth render it, and the particle signifieth both. O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; you that are by birth heads of the families,... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 3:1-8
Micah 3:1-Ruth : . The Unjust Rulers and False Prophets of Judah.— Micah first addresses those whose official duty it is to “ know” justice, i.e. sympathetically, and declares that in fact they love its opposite, and cruelly oppress ( cf. Isaiah 3:15) those they govern. In their (coming) distress, Yahweh will not heed them ( cf. Isaiah 1:15). Micah then turns to the false prophets, whose utterances are dictated by self-interest, and proclaims against them, instead of the well-being they... read more