...Isaiah's time, but some of Isaiah's prophecies are earlier than his. 39 •lem with iniquity. Tlie heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof...prophets thereof divine for money : yet ' will they leau upon the Lord, and say, " Is not the Lord among us ? none evil " can come upon us." Therefore...

...abundantly taught this, by those excellent words of God, by the prophet Micah : " The heads of Sion judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for...the prophets thereof divine for money; yet will they Jean upon the Lord, and say, is not the Lord among us "?" As if God had said, nothing is so presumptuous...

...down to the days of Micah, and of prophets of a different description. "The heads" of God's people judge " for reward, and the priests thereof teach...hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money." And our blessed Lord, to level all confidence in the possession of the choicest gifts, assures us,...

...cried to me with their hearts, &c. they return, but not to the Most High, &c. — Hosea vii. 14.16. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire; yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? &c. — Micah iii. 11. When ye...

...the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests...for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money :" all was done for profit, for the sake of filthy lucre ; " Yet will they lean upon the Lord, and...

...coming desolation on their land : " They build up Zion with blood, [this is not the church certainly,] and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge...Lord among us ? None evil can come upon us. Therefore [on account of this their iniquity] shall Zion for your sake be flowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall...

...kings and prophets at the bottom of it ! ' They build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity, yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us ? none evil can come upon us !' Nay, their unheard of viilanies are made the fulfilling of their vows ! No return for their deliverances...

...the mouth of Micah tells them their guilt, and the consequences of it. This is the indictment. " Ye he Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard...and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own Of the wickedness of the rulers we have already made sufficient discourse : covetousness, gain in some...

...abundantly taught this, by those excellent words of God, by the prophet Micah : ' The heads of Sion judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for...prophets thereof divine for money ; yet will they lean on the Lord, and say, is not the Lord among us?'f As if God had said, nothing is so presumptuous and...

...action of covenant, and require him to perform his promise! So saith the prophet Micah : 'The priest* thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, ami say, Is not the LORD among us T (Mic. iii. 11.)—But the prophet saith: ' All men are liars,'...