You know, he's preaching against the political leaders. He's calling out their sins and then verse number five
Look at verse number five. He starts getting on the prophets
He says in verse number five thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err
That bite with their teeth and cry peace and he that putteth not in their mouths
They even prepare war against him
So not only are the political leaders guilty of committing wickedness
But even the spiritual leaders are guilty of this when he talks about prophets
He's referring to supposed men of God people that others would esteem as being spiritual leaders in that nation those who are
Proclaiming God's Word. He's saying them to them that they're making God's people to err
They're causing them to stumble they bite with their teeth and cry peace now
I often when I think about this I think about the fact that you know
A lot of Christians out there will bite and devour Christians like us, but they'll say why aren't you guys peaceful?
You know, why are you guys have to attack everyone as they're attacking us
Why do you guys have to preach against everyone as they're criticizing us?
Right, they bite with their teeth and cry. Peace
That's what they're doing. They're hypocrites
So he's calling out the political leaders he's calling out the prophets no man is safe from Micah here
He's not a respecter of people
And then at verse number nine he gives us the common denominator between the two he says in verse number nine
hear this I pray you you heads of the house of Jacob and
princes of the house of Israel listen to this that abhor judgment and
Pervert all equity. So what is the common denominator between these two they hate?
Judgment, they hate people who judge they hate equity. They hate people who pass judgment
They despise it. They pervert it. They do not like it. It says in verse number 10
They build up Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity the heads thereof judge for reward
So when they do pass judgment, it's not because they love the truth
It's not because it's the right thing to do their motive behind it is a reward
You know and you say well, how would you apply that to today? Well, you know every Republican political leader
Will tell you exactly what you want to hear just to get them in office and
Like manner, you know, there's a lot of prophets out there that will preach exactly what you want to hear
Just to keep you in church so you could keep tithing
He says they 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 could come upon. It's a very presumptuous thing to say and
So we see here that he's preaching against the the political leaders the prophets and it's because they abhor judgment
They hate it and in the midst of all this perversion of judgment hatred towards equity. We have verse 8
he says but truly I
Am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord and of judgment and of might
To declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin the Bible says what is Michael talking about here?
He's saying you have these political leaders a bunch of compromises
Who would tell you anything? Do you want to hear just to get them in office and they do it for a reward?
They're wicked. They're vile. They take advantage of the innocent. You have these false prophets out there these so-called
Fundamental Baptists out there who claim to be Baptist
But they preach a repenting your sins gospel or they have this liberal church
Well, they just preach what you want to hear just to get you to give to their building offering or to their tithes
So he can buy himself a new yacht or whatever
You have both of those but then you have Micah
And Micah says I'm full of judgment
I'm full of power by the Spirit of the Lord and of judgment and of might why to declare unto Jacob his
Transgression and to Israel his sin he's saying I am full of judgment to judge you regarding your sin