Micah 3:11 Meaning
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Context Explained
9Hear 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.
10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
12Therefore 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.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Matthew 23:25
Jesus criticizes the religious leaders for their hypocrisy, similar to Micah's critique.
Jeremiah 6:13
Jeremiah also speaks of prophets and priests who are corrupt.
Ezekiel 34:2
Ezekiel addresses the failure of leaders to care for the people.
Source: Micah 3:11