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Micah 3 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Micah 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 12
- verses
- 166 / 107
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Micah 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קָסַם | qâçam | H7080 | 3 | distribute, determine by lot |
| נָבִיא | nâbîyʼ | H5030 | 3 | prophet, inspired man |
| קָצִין | qâtsîyn | H7101 | 2 | magistrate, deciding |
| יַעֲקֹב | Yaʻăqôb | H3290 | 3 | Jaakob |
| שְׁאֵר | shᵉʼêr | H7607 | 2 | flesh, swelling |
| מִשְׁפָּט | mishpâṭ | H4941 | 3 | verdict, sentence |
| רֹאשׁ | rôʼsh | H7218 | 3 | head |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Micah 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Zion's walls owe no thanks to those that build them up with blood and iniquity. The sin of man works not the righteousness of God. Even when men do that which in itself is good, but do it for filthy lucre, it becomes abomination both to God and man. Faith rests in the Lord as the soul's foundation: presumption only leans upon the Lord as a prop, and would use him to serve a turn. If men's having the Lord among them will not keep them from doing evil, it never can secure them from suffering evil for so doing. See the doom of wicked Jacob; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Micah 3:9–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem — Mic 3:10
- Zion — Mic 3:10
- Mount Zion — Mic 3:12
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