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**Hear.** This is no indication of Structure. It is a continuation of the threatening against the rulers ([Micah 3:1-4](../../../kjv/micah/3/1-4) , p. 1253, corresponding with "-3", [Micah 3:9-12](../../../kjv/micah/3/9-12) , below).
**princes** = judges.

**chop them in pieces, as for the pot** = spread them out, as flesh for the pot.

**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**hear** = answer.
**hide His face.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 31:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/17) ; [Deuteronomy 32:20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/20) ). App-92 . Compare [Isaiah 59:1-15](../../../kjv/isaiah/59/1-15) .[Jeremiah 33:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/5) .

**err** = go astray.
**bite with their teeth.** Alluding to the idolatrous practices of the heathen round the altars of Baal, biting an olive in their mouths and crying "peace", of which the olive was the symbol ([Genesis 8:11](../../../kjv/genesis/8/11) ). Compare [Zechariah 9:7](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/7) .
**and he, &c.** = but against him that putteth not [the olive] into his mouth they declare war.
**war** = crusade.

**that ye shall not divine.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 18:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/10) , [Deuteronomy 18:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/14) .[Numbers 22:7](../../../kjv/numbers/22/7) ; [Numbers 23:23](../../../kjv/numbers/23/23) ). App-92 .

**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .

**Spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .
**Jacob . . . Israel.** Compare [Micah 1:5](../../../kjv/micah/1/5) . See note [Micah 2:7](../../../kjv/micah/2/7) .
**transgression.** Hebrew. *pasha'.* App-44 .
**sin.** Hebrew. *chata.* App-44 .

**iniquity** = deceit. Hebrew. *'aval.* App-44 . Not the same word as in [Micah 2:1](../../../kjv/micah/2/1) .

**judge for reward, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 23:8](../../../kjv/exodus/23/8) . [Deuteronomy 10:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/17) ; [Deuteronomy 16:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/19) ; [Deuteronomy 27:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/27/25) . The same word in all these passages). App-92 .

**Zion.** See App-68 .
**be plowed as a field.** This is true of the site on Ophel, but not true of the traditional site south-west of Jerusalem. See App-68 . Compare [Micah 1:6](../../../kjv/micah/1/6) . [Jeremiah 26:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/18) .
**Jerusalem.** The city proper, on Mount Moriah.
**heaps** = ruins. Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ). Hebrew. *yirushalaim 'iyyin.* Compare [Micah 1:6](../../../kjv/micah/1/6) .
**the mountain of the house.** Moriah and the Temple. See App-68 .
**the high places of the forest.** = a height of a jungle.

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