Micah 3:5-12

English Standard Version

⁵ Thus says the Lord concerning ^(A)the prophets
    who lead my people astray,
^(B)who cry “Peace”
    when they have something to eat,
but declare war against him
    who puts nothing into their mouths.
⁶ Therefore ^(C)it shall be night to you, without vision,
    and darkness to you, without divination.
^(D)The sun shall go down on the prophets,
    and the day shall be black over them;
^7 (E)the seers shall be disgraced,
    and the diviners put to shame;
^(F)they shall all cover their lips,
    for ^(G)there is no answer from God.
⁸ But as for me, ^(H)I am filled with power,
    with the Spirit of the Lord,
    and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob ^(I)his transgression
    and to Israel his sin.

^9 (J)Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
    and rulers of the house of Israel,
^(K)who detest justice
    and make crooked all that is straight,
^10 (L)who build Zion with blood
    and Jerusalem with iniquity.
^11 (M)Its heads give judgment for a bribe;
    ^(N)its priests teach for a price;
    ^(O)its prophets practice divination for money;
^(P)yet they lean on the Lord and ^(Q)say,
    “Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
    ^(R)No disaster shall come upon us.”
¹² Therefore because of you
    ^(S)Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem ^(T)shall become a heap of ruins,
    and ^(U)the mountain of the house ^(V)a wooded height.