Micah / Question
Micah says the rulers judge for a bribe, the priests teach for a price, and the prophets practice divination for money. Yet they still claim the LORD is in their midst and say no disaster will come upon them (Micah 3:11).
Micah turns directly to Jerusalem’s top officials and publicly calls them to listen Micah 3:9–11. He accuses them of hating fair judgment and twisting what is right. Their city-building and governance are described as funded by violence and wrongdoing. This unit sits inside Micah’s sustained attack on corrupt leadership in chapter 3, where leaders who should protect the people instead consume them. The passage reads like a courtroom-style accusation: a summons to hear, a list of charges, and a final exposure of their false confidence.
Micah 3:9–11 presents a direct public charge against Jerusalem’s leadership. The text explicitly says the top officials “hate justice” and “twist” what should be fair. It also portrays the city’s strength (“building Zion…Jerusalem”) as being established through harm and wrongdoing, not through honest governance.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Micah 3:11, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
11The heads of it judge for reward, and the priests of it teach for hire, and the prophets of it divine for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, Is not Yahweh in the midst of us? no evil shall come on us.