Micah 3:9

"But as for me, I am full of power by the LORD’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin."

Key Reflection

Micah declares that he is empowered by the Lord's Spirit to speak truthfully and with authority, addressing the spiritual and moral failings of the leadership in Israel (Jacob). This empowerment signifies his role as a prophet who must challenge and correct the sins of the people for their spiritual welfare.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Hear this, I pray you -The prophet discharges upon them that “judgment” whereof, by the Spirit of God, he was full, and which they “abhorred; judgment” against their perversion of judgment. He rebukes the same classes as before “the heads and judges”Micah 3:1, yet still more sternly. They abhorred judgment, he says, as a thing loathsome and abominable, such as men cannot bear even to look upon; they not only dealt wrongly, but they “perverted, distorted, all equity:” “that so there should not remain even some slight justice in the city” .

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