3:1-3
Micah now addresses the leaders and the prophets, these are the people who should have been leading the people in a godly direction. As leaders they should embrace justice, but instead they hated good and loved evil. They were utterly corrupt. In doing so they exploited the people. Micah uses very graphic language to describe this, speaking of them tearing the skin and bones off the people. The pots used in those days in Israel were rather small, so bones of animals that were eaten had to be broken up before they could be put in the pot for cooking, hence the talk of pots and bones in v3. Micah is not implying that they were cannibals, but is likening their exploitation of the people to cannibals eating people.
3:4
The leaders and prophets thought they were impervious to threats, that they could do what they like. This is always the case when the powerful become proud. But they were not impervious, the judgement of God would come and there was nothing they could do about it. This would come in the form of the Assyrian invasion for Israel. When it happened these rulers and prophets would cry out to God, but He would not answer them. Rather, He would hide his face from them. This would happen because of their sin.
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