Micah 2:11

Micah bemoaned the fact that the Israelites had become so responsive to the false prophets that if one of them even spoke out (cf. Micah 2:6) promising alcohol galore they would follow him. Any prophet who preached greater affluence and prosperity would have a receptive audience. In contrast, Micah’s message of doom was unpopular. God’s people would follow anyone whose prophetic fantasies blew with the wind, in contrast to being led by the Spirit (Micah 2:7), or who lied to them by speaking falsehood.

"But we today need to deal with our sins of covetousness, selfishness, and willingness to believe ’religious lies.’ We must abandon ’soft religion’ that pampers our pride and makes it easy for us to sin. Why? Because ’our God is a consuming fire’ (Hebrews 12:29), and ’The Lord shall judge His people’ (Hebrews 10:30). Remember, judgment begins in the house of the Lord (1 Peter 4:17)." [Note: Wiersbe, p. 393.]

"Unfortunately the evangelical church today is too closely associated with the business establishment, too usually motivated by serving self, not others, and too little concerned with the oppressed and needy, in spite of the clear teaching of the NT on this subject (Matthew 25:31-46; Mark 12:31; Acts 4:32-37; 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:10; 1 John 3:16-18)." [Note: Waltke, in The Minor . . ., p. 649.]