Micah 3 brings a strong condemnation of corrupt Jewish leaders. "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel... you hate good and love evil... you tear the skin from my people.... at that time God will hide his face from them because of the evil they've done... the sun will set for the prophets and the day will go dark for them... and they will get no answer from God... but I am filled with the Spirit of the Lord and with justice and might to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin... you rulers despise justice and distort all that is right... you leaders judge for a bribe... her priests teach for a price, her prophets tell fortunes for money... because of you Zion will be ploughed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble and the temple will be overgrown with thickets".
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