Micah 3 in the early church
[Vulgate: Micheas]
40 passages quote, allude to, or echo Micah 3, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12
Micah 3:4
Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 3:4 | Sibylline Oracles 8.351ff. · Anonymous | echo, medium confidence | 2nd-3rd cent. |
Micah 3:5
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 3:5 | Prophetic Extracts 3.32 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Mic 3:5–6 | Demonstration of the Gospel 5.29.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Mic 3:5–6 | Demonstration 14.3 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Mic 3:5–6 | On Ecclesiastical Theology 1.20.80 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 337–339 |
Micah 3:6
Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 3:6 | Prophetic Extracts 3.32 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Mic 3:6 | Book of Rules 7 · Tyconius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Mic 3:6 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.6.5 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Mic 3:6 | The Institutes 8.10 · John Cassian | allusion, low confidence | ca. 419–426 |
Micah 3:7
Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 3:7 | Demonstration 19.3 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Mic 3:7 | Demonstration 19.4 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
Micah 3:8
As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 3:8 | Catechetical Lecture 16.28 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
Micah 3:9
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 3:9 | Prophetic Extracts 3.18 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Mic 3:9–11 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Mic 3:9–10 | Demonstration of the Gospel 8.3.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Mic 3:9–10 | Demonstration of the Gospel 8.3.8 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Mic 3:9–11 | Demonstration 14.3 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Mic 3:9–11 | On Saint Athanasius 1.35 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |
Micah 3:10
who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 3:10 | Prophetic Extracts 3.18 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Mic 3:10 | Demonstration 19.5 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Mic 3:10 | Oration 2.38 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Mic 3:10 | Homilies on Matthew 68.1 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| Mic 3:10 | On 1 Cor 7:39, section 2 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 3:11 | Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 11.12 (43.12) · Hermas | echo, low confidence | ca. 100–150 |
| Mic 3:11 | Prophetic Extracts 3.18 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Mic 3:11–12 | Demonstration of the Gospel 8.3.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Mic 3:11 | Oration 2.38 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.