Micah 3:6

Micah 3:6 says, Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.  Having warned the false prophets to prepare for war, God began to tell them some of the things that were going to happen to them.  God said that these false prophets were to no longer have any visions, nor would they divine the future.  It is not that before they had visions from God about the future, but now they would not even have the false visions and prophecies that they claimed to have before.  Those who claim to speak for God when they are really only attempting to prove their own value need to be aware that God will ultimately judge them, and their works will be shown to be the works of darkness.  Verse seven adds, Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.  Micah said in the coming judgment of Israel that those who had prophesied peace would be ashamed and confounded.  He said they would cover their lips, because there would be no answer from God.  I believe this warning still applies.  When we make false prophecies in the name of God, we will ultimately be held accountable for them, and at that time we can only be ashamed and without anything to say in our defense.  Verse eight continues, But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sins.  Micah proclaimed himself to be full of power by the spirit of God.  Just saying that did not make it true, but the truth of Micah's power under God's strength and guidance came from his prophecies being fulfilled.  Micah didn't come promising peace, but instead came prophesying destruction.  We today must be true to God's word and follow His will, even if all that is promised in this world is war and destruction.  Until Christ returns, there can be no real peace in the world, no matter what is promised in the name of God.  Still, we as followers of Christ can live in peace because we are secure in God's everlasting protection.  Verse nine states, Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. Micah was speaking to those who were called God's people, and he said the hated judgment and perverted all equity.  I believe Micah was saying that there was no real justice to be found with them.  Verse ten adds, They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.  Their chief cities were made prosperous by the blood of their oppressed citizens and by dealing in sinful ways.  Verse eleven continues, The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.  All those who were supposed to represent God for the good of all His people were serving material rewards instead.  Micah said that even when they did this that they would claim God was with them so no evil could come to them.  When we begin to think that just because we claim to be God's people and live only for what is most profitable for us that God has to protect us, we are sadly mistaken.  Verse twelve concludes, Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.  Micah warned them of the coming total destruction of Zion and Jerusalem.  We can be just as certain of the coming destruction of anything that we build that is not built under God's leadership.