Isa 48:2, Mic 3:11 | JFB | STEP | 2. For —Ye deserve these reproofs; "for" ye call yourselves citizens of "the holy city" ( ), but not in truth ( ); so the inscription on their coins of the time of the Maccabees. "Jerusalem the Holy."

Isaiah 48:2

2. For—Ye deserve these reproofs; "for" ye call yourselves citizens of "the holy city" (Isa 52:1), but not in truth (Isa 48:1; Ne 11:1; Da 9:24); so the inscription on their coins of the time of the Maccabees. "Jerusalem the Holy."

Micah 3:11

11. heads thereof—the princes of Jerusalem.

judge for reward—take bribes as judges (Mic 7:3).

priests teach for hire—It was their duty to teach the law and to decide controversies gratuitously (Le 10:11; De 17:11; Mal 2:7; compare Jer 6:13; Jude 11).

prophets . . . divine—that is, false prophets.

Is not the Lord among us?—namely in the temple (Isa 48:2; Jer 7:4, 8-11).