Micah 3:1
Then I said:
What it says
Micah calls the heads and rulers of Jacob to hear, asking whether they ought not to know justice.
What it is doing
This verse opens the indictment by naming the leaders' basic responsibility.
In context
1Then I said: 2You hate good and love evil. 3You eat the flesh of my people 4Then they will cry out to the LORD, 5This is what the LORD says: 6Therefore night will come over you without visions, 7Then the seers will be ashamed 8As for me, however, I am filled with power 9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob 10who build Zion with bloodshed 11Her leaders judge for a bribe, 12Therefore, because of you,