Micah 3
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Will Not Answer
3 And I said,
“(A)Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to (B)know justice?
2 You who hate good and love evil,
Who (C)tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
3 And who (D)eat the flesh of my people,
Strip off their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And (E)spread them out as for the pot
And as meat in a caldron.”
4 Then they will (F)cry out to Yahweh,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will (G)hide His face from them at that time
Because they have (H)practiced evil deeds.
5 Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who (I)lead my people astray;
When they have something to bite with their teeth,
They (J)call out, “Peace,”
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths,
They set themselves apart for war.
6 Therefore it will be (K)night for you—without vision,
And darkness for you—without divination.
The (L)sun will go down on the prophets,
And the day will grow black over them.
7 The seers will be (M)ashamed,
And the (N)diviners will be humiliated.
Indeed, they will all (O)cover their [a]mouths
Because there is (P)no answer from God.
8 On the other hand (Q)I am filled with power—
With the Spirit of Yahweh—
And with justice and might
To (R)declare to Jacob his transgression,
Even to Israel his sin.
9 Now hear this, (S)heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who (T)abhor justice
And twist everything that is straight,
10 Who (U)build Zion with bloodshed
And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
11 Her heads pronounce (V)judgment for a bribe,
And her (W)priests instruct for a price,
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on Yahweh saying,
“(X)Is not Yahweh in our midst?
Evil will not come upon us.”
12 Therefore, on account of you
(Y)Zion will be plowed as a field;
(Z)Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the (AA)mountain of the house of God will become high places of a forest.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:7 Lit mustache
Micah 3
Tree of Life Version
Unjust Leaders, False Prophets
3 Then I said:
“Hear, leaders of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to know justice?
2 You haters of good and lovers of evil,
you are robbing their skin from them
and their flesh from their bones.”
3 Now that they have eaten the flesh of my people,
stripped their skin off from them,
and smashed their bones to bits,
they cut it up like flesh in a pot,
or like meat within a caldron.
4 Then they will cry out to Adonai,
but He will not answer them.
Thus He will hide His face from them at that time,
because of their evil deeds.
5 Thus said Adonai about the prophets
who are misleading My people,
those who bite with their teeth and cry “Shalom”
—a word that He did not put in their mouth—
yet they consecrate war against him:
6 “Therefore you will have night without vision,
and darkness without divination.
The sun shall set on the prophets,
the day shall become dark upon them.”
7 So the seers will be ashamed
and the diviners will be abashed.
Indeed all of them will cover their lips,
for there will be no answer from God.
8 Nevertheless I myself am filled with power—
with the Ruach Adonai—
with judgment, and with might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
and to Israel his sin.
9 Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob,
rulers of the house of Israel:
You who abhor justice,
and twist everything upright,
10 who build up Zion with bloodshed,
and Jerusalem with injustice.
11 Her leaders give judgment for a bribe.
Her priests give direction for a price.
Her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on Adonai by saying:
“Is not Adonai in our midst?
No calamity will come upon us!”
12 Therefore, because of you
Zion will become a plowed field.
Yes, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
and the Temple Mount will become a high place in a forest.
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