Mic 3:1-3 | JFB | STEP | 1. princes-- magistrates or judges. Is it not for you?-- Is it not your special function ( , )? judgment-- justice. Ye sit in judgment on others; surely then ye ought to know the judgment for injustice which awaits yourselves ( ).

‏ Micah 3:1-3

CHAPTER 3 Mi 3:1-12. The Sins of the Princes, Prophets, and Priests: The Consequent Desolation of Zion.

1. princes--magistrates or judges.

Is it not for you?--Is it not your special function (Jr 5:4, 5)?

judgment--justice. Ye sit in judgment on others; surely then ye ought to know the judgment for injustice which awaits yourselves (Ro 2:1).

2. pluck off their skin ... flesh--rob their fellow countrymen of all their substance (Psa 14:4; Pr 30:14).

3. pot ... flesh within ... caldron--manifold species of cruel oppressions. Compare Eze 24:3, &c., containing, as to the coming punishment, the same figure as is here used of the sin: implying that the sin and punishment exactly correspond.