Micah 3:1-7

New Living Translation

Judgment against Israel’s Leaders

3 I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel!
    You are supposed to know right from wrong,
²but you are the very ones
    who hate good and love evil.
You skin my people alive
    and tear the flesh from their bones.
³Yes, you eat my people’s flesh,
    strip off their skin,
    and break their bones.
You chop them up
    like meat for the cooking pot.
⁴Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble!
    Do you really expect him to answer?
After all the evil you have done,
    he won’t even look at you!”

⁵This is what the Lord says:
    “You false prophets are leading my people astray!
You promise peace for those who give you food,
    but you declare war on those who refuse to feed you.
⁶Now the night will close around you,
    cutting off all your visions.
Darkness will cover you,
    putting an end to your predictions.
The sun will set for you prophets,
    and your day will come to an end.
⁷Then you seers will be put to shame,
    and you fortune-tellers will be disgraced.
And you will cover your faces
    because there is no answer from God.”