Micah 3:11
The heads thereof 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 can come upon us.
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'The heads thereof 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 can come upon us.' Micah's diagnosis of corrupt leadership is especially devastating because it combines venality with religious presumption: they sell their ministry, yet claim divine protection. The false confidence — 'Is not the Lord among us?' — turns the covenant promise of divine presence (Exodus 33:14-16) into a blank check immunizing leadership against moral accountability. Jeremiah 7:4 ('The temple of the Lord!') and Matthew 23:25-28 ('whited sepulchres') target the same phenomenon of religious form covering moral corruption.
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The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
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