TSK · Micah 3:1

Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”

He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

All those who behave wickedly do not understand– those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the LORD.

Listen to the LORD’s message, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, people of Gomorrah!

I thought,“Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the LORD demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.

Then I said to the people of Judah,“Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the LORD has spoken.

“‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.

Announcement of Sin and Judgment Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.

The Party is over for the Rich Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership.

I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?