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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Micah 3 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/micah/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/micah/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > Micah 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../micah/2.htm" title="Micah 2">&#9668;</a> Micah 3 <a href="../micah/4.htm" title="Micah 4">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/micah/3.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">&#9658;&#9658;&nbsp;</a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Yahweh Will Not Answer</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And I said, <p class="indent2">&#8220;Hear now, heads of Jacob <p class="indent2">And rulers of the house of Israel. <p class="indent2">Is it not for you to know justice? <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.&#8221; <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, &#8220;Peace,&#8221; <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&#8212;without vision, <p class="indent2">And darkness for you&#8212;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">[&#8224;]</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&#8212; <p class="indent2">With the Spirit of Yahweh&#8212; <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">&#8220;Is not Yahweh in our midst? <p class="indent2">Evil will not come upon us.&#8221; <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 &copy;2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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