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He further described his audience of leaders as those who built Jerusalem by sacrificing the lives of innocent people. Micah used "Zion" and "Jerusalem" as synonyms to describe the same place (cf. Micah 3:12; Micah 4:2; Micah 4:8; Psalms 149:2; Isaiah 4:3; Isaiah 40:9; Amos 6:1). However sometimes, as here, Zion carries theological overtones meaning not just the city but what the city represented, namely, the kingdom of God on earth.
The judges gave favorable verdicts to those who bribed them (cf. Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 27:25), and the priests only taught those who would pay them. The prophets likewise only prophesied for a price (cf. Deuteronomy 16:19). Yet they all claimed to trust in the Lord and encouraged themselves with the false hope that since the Lord was among them He would allow no evil to overtake them (cf. Psalms 46:4-5; Jeremiah 7:4).
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