Bibelkommentare

Micah 3:3. And flay their skin from off them— Who, when ye have flayed the skin from off them, and broken their bones, then throw their flesh as into a pot, or cauldron. These are hyperbolical expressions, to set forth the covetousness and cruelty of the princes of Israel, who, like unnatural shepherds, acted the part of wolves toward their flocks.

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Micah 3:5. And cry, Peace— "Who speak nothing but agreeable and friendly things, so long as any thing is given them to satisfy their covetousness; but who proclaim war, and become bitter enemies to those that do not put into their mouths what they demand." See Calmet. Instead of prepare war, we may read proclaim war.

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Micah 3:6. And the sun shall go down, &c.— "You shall be in confusion, and in grief, despised and ill-treated; not able to open your mouth, when the people carried with you into captivity shall accuse you of the false and delusive counsels which you would have passed upon them as the oracles of God. Overtaken yourselves by dark days, and dismal calamities, as a just judgment for your frauds and impostures, you shall have no light or revelation from heaven; no answer from God;" Micah 3:7. See Calmet.

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Micah 3:8. But truly I am full of power, &c.— "I speak with courage, fully assured that it is the spirit of God which animates me; and, in consequence hereof, I have the honesty and courage to reprove the crying sins of the nations, though practised and encouraged by the greatest of men; contrary to the base soothings and flatteries of the false prophets, for a little wine and strong drink." See Mic 3:11 and chap. Micah 2:11.

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