{"id":78201,"date":"2020-07-28T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T11:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=78201"},"modified":"2020-07-28T14:41:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T11:41:04","slug":"speak-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/speak-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Speak Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"78201","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":77376,"related_cahpter":"535","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"What happens when leaders don\u2019t listen to their critics - and when they do\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking out against the leaders of society can be a daunting and even risky undertaking. In chapter 3, Micah does exactly that, reprimanding the leaders of the people for promoting injustice and corruption. He blames the impending destruction of Jerusalem on the unethical behavior of these chiefs, prophets, and priests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The destruction of Jerusalem does not occur during Micah\u2019s lifetime, at the end of the eighth century BCE, but more than one hundred years later during the lifetime of another prophet with a similar message &#8211; Jeremiah. Micah\u2019s prophecy, though, seems to have made a lasting impression on his audience and remained well known in Jeremiah\u2019s time. When Jeremiah is arrested for voicing God\u2019s plan to destroy Jerusalem in the Temple courtyard, the elders of the people remember Micah the Morashtite and quote his prophecy: \u201cZion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, and the Temple Mount a shrine in the woods\u201d (Micah 3:12, Jeremiah 26:18). These elders remind the priests and prophets how King Hezekiah responded to Micah\u2019s words. The God-fearing Hezekiah did not kill the prophet, but rather listened to him, imploring God not to bring destruction, and thus saving the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By quoting Micah\u2019s prophecy, these elders save Jeremiah from the priests and prophets who wanted to kill him for his critical words. In hindsight, Micah\u2019s prophecy is viewed as a successful case, where his warnings to the leaders made a difference and saved the city. Jeremiah on the other hand, while not put to death for his prophecy, is not heeded by Jehoiakim and the other leaders of the people. He does experience the destruction predicted in Micah\u2019s words \u201cJerusalem shall become heaps of ruins.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference in the two cases underlines the importance of speaking out against authority when necessary and the different outcomes this can produce depending on whether or not the leadership is willing to engage its critics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":78202,"id":78202,"title":"mic3-speak out","filename":"mic3-speak-out.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mic3-speak-out.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/speak-out\/mic3-speak-out\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"mic3-speak-out","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":78201,"date":"2020-07-28 11:40:23","modified":"2020-07-28 11:40:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1643,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mic3-speak-out-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mic3-speak-out-257x300.png","medium-width":257,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mic3-speak-out-768x897.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":897,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mic3-speak-out-876x1024.png","large-width":876,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mic3-speak-out.png","1536x1536-width":1314,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mic3-speak-out.png","2048x2048-width":1643,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mic3-speak-out-1027x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1027,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mic3-speak-out-359x420.png","home_baner-width":359,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Speak Out!","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"What happens when leaders don\u2019t listen to their critics - 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