Micah : Prophecy and Misquotes (4)
- Watch out for lying prophets that bite (with their teeth).
3:5
- "The prophets thereof divine for money." Some things never change.
3:11
- In the last days God will put "the mountain of the house of the Lord" on "top of the mountains."
4:1
- "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he
come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."
The gospel of Matthew () claims that Jesus's
birth in Bethlehem fulfils this prophecy. But this is unlikely since the prophecy
does not refer to the Messiah, but rather to a military leader, as can be seen from verses .
This leader is supposed to defeat the Assyrians, which, of course, Jesus
never did.
5:6
