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<p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>You who hate good and love evil, <p class="indent2">Who tear off their skin from them <p class="indent2">And their flesh from their bones, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And who eat the flesh of my people, <p class="indent2">Strip off their skin from them, <p class="indent2">Break their bones, <p class="indent2">And spread <i>them</i> out as for the pot <p class="indent2">And as meat in a caldron.” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then they will cry out to Yahweh, <p class="indent2">But He will not answer them. <p class="indent2">Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time <p class="indent2">Because they have practiced evil deeds. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; <p class="indent2">When they have <i>something</i> to bite with their teeth, <p class="indent2">They call out, “Peace,” <p class="indent2">But against him who puts nothing in their mouths, <p class="indent2">They set <i>themselves</i> apart for war. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore <i>it will be</i> night for you—without vision, <p class="indent2">And darkness for you—without divination. <p class="indent2">The sun will go down on the prophets, <p class="indent2">And the day will grow black over them. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The seers will be ashamed, <p class="indent2">And the diviners will be humiliated. <p class="indent2">Indeed, they will all cover <i>their</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>mouths <p class="indent2">Because there is no answer from God. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>On the other hand I am filled with power— <p class="indent2">With the Spirit of Yahweh— <p class="indent2">And with justice and might <p class="indent2">To declare to Jacob his transgression, <p class="indent2">Even to Israel his sin. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now hear this, heads of the house of Jacob <p class="indent2">And rulers of the house of Israel, <p class="indent2">Who abhor justice <p class="indent2">And twist everything that is straight, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Who build Zion with bloodshed <p class="indent2">And Jerusalem with violent injustice. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Her heads pronounce judgment for a bribe, <p class="indent2">And her priests instruct for a price, <p class="indent2">And her prophets divine for money. <p class="indent2">Yet they lean on Yahweh saying, <p class="indent2">“Is not Yahweh in our midst? <p class="indent2">Evil will not come upon us.” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore, on account of you <p class="indent2">Zion will be plowed as a field; <p class="indent2">Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, <p class="indent2">And the mountain of the house <i>of God will become</i> high places of a forest.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>mustache</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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