Mic 3:2-3, 9-11, Joh 10:12 | JFB | STEP | 2. pluck off their skin ... flesh-- rob their fellow countrymen of all their substance ( ; ).

‏ Micah 3:2-3

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.

‏ Micah 3:9-11

9. Hear--resumed from Mi 3:1. Here begins the leading subject of the prophecy: a demonstration of his assertion that he is "full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah" (Mi 3:8).

10. They--change of person from "ye" (Mi 3:9); the third person puts them to a greater distance as estranged from Him. It is, literally, "Whosoever builds," singular.

build up Zion with blood--build on it stately mansions with wealth obtained by the condemnation and murder of the innocent (Jr 22:13; Eze 22:27; Ha 2:12).

11. heads thereof--the princes of Jerusalem.

judge for reward--take bribes as judges (Mi 7:3).

priests teach for hire--It was their duty to teach the law and to decide controversies gratuitously (Le 10:11; De 17:11; Mal 2:7; compare Jr 6:13; Jude 11).

prophets ... divine--that is, false prophets.

Is not the Lord among us?--namely in the temple (Is 48:2; Jr 7:4, 8-11).

‏ John 10:12

7-14. I am the door of the sheep--that is, the way in to the fold, with all blessed privileges, both for shepherds and sheep (compare Joh 14:6; Ep 2:18).