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act,<br>         Even to Israel his sin. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Now hear this, heads of the house of Jacob<br>         And rulers of the house of Israel,<br>         Who abhor justice<br>         And twist everything that is straight, <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Who build Zion with bloodshed<br>         And Jerusalem with violent injustice. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,<br>         Her priests instruct for a price<br>         And her prophets divine for money.<br>         Yet they lean on the L<font size="1">ORD</font> saying,<br>         Is not the L<font size="1">ORD</font> in our midst?<br>         Calamity will not come upon us. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/3-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore, on account of you<br>         Zion will be plowed as a field,<br>         Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,<br>         And the mountain of the temple <i>will become</i> high places of a forest. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/micah/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/micah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But yet I am filled with the strength of the spirit of the Lord, with judgment, and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness, and to Israel his sin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/micah/3.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />But truly I am filled with power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and with judgment and with might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/micah/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But I truly am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/micah/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/micah/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Yahweh, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/micah/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the_gospel_day_/chapter_i_the_apostasy_in.htm">The Apostasy in Two Days. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">In our introduction we gave a number of texts which spoke of the whole of the gospel dispensation as one day; but any period of time distinguished by some extraordinary historic event may be and is also termed a day. The apostasy or dark noonday being under two forms is marked in Bible history as two days. The first form of the apostasy, namely, Catholicism, is called by the Scriptures a "dark day." A Cloudy Day. The second form of the apostasy was not such utter darkness as the first, and is therefore <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the_gospel_day_/chapter_i_the_apostasy_in.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Ebert Orr—</span><span class="citation2">The Gospel Day </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xxxix_bad_ecclesiastics_and.htm">Bad Ecclesiastics and Base Plots</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say: Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.--Micah iii. 11. E furon le sue opere e le sue colpe Non creder leonine ma di volpe. Pulci, Morg. Magg. xix. Chrysostom would fain have taken Philip with him, for Philip grew more and more endeared and more and more useful to him. But Philip, as manager of the Archbishop's household and an assistant in all matters of business, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xxxix_bad_ecclesiastics_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Frederic William Farrar—</span><span class="citation2">Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_27_ahaz.htm">Ahaz</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The accession of Ahaz to the throne brought Isaiah and his associates face to face with conditions more appalling than any that had hitherto existed in the realm of Judah. Many who had formerly withstood the seductive influence of idolatrous practices were now being persuaded to take part in the worship of heathen deities. Princes in Israel were proving untrue to their trust; false prophets were arising with messages to lead astray; even some of the priests were teaching for hire. Yet the leaders <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_27_ahaz.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Story of Prophets and Kings</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/calvin/the_institutes_of_the_christian_religion/chapter_9_of_councils_and.htm">Of Councils and their Authority. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. The true nature of Councils. 2. Whence the authority of Councils is derived. What meant by assembling in the name of Christ. 3. Objection, that no truth remains in the Church if it be not in Pastors and Councils. Answer, showing by passages from the Old Testament that Pastors were often devoid of the spirit of knowledge and truth. 4. Passages from the New Testament showing that our times were to be subject to the same evil. This confirmed by the example of almost all ages. 5. All not Pastors who <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/calvin/the_institutes_of_the_christian_religion/chapter_9_of_councils_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Calvin—</span><span class="citation2">The Institutes of the Christian Religion</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xviii_and_there_is.htm">"And There is None that Calleth Upon Thy Name, that Stirreth up Himself to Take Hold on Thee,"</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Isaiah lxiv. 7.--"And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold on thee," &c. They go on in the confession of their sins. Many a man hath soon done with that a general notion of sin is the highest advancement in repentance that many attain to. You may see here sin and judgment mixed in thorough other(315) in their complaint. They do not so fix their eyes upon their desolate estate of captivity, as to forget their provocations. Many a man would spend more affection, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xviii_and_there_is.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Hugh Binning—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/lxxxi_contention_over_the_man.htm">Contention Over the Man Born Blind. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Jerusalem.) ^D John IX. 1-41. [Some look upon the events in this and the next section as occurring at the Feast of Tabernacles in October, others think they occurred at the Feast of Dedication in December, deriving their point of time from John x. 22.] ^d 1 And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. [The man probably sought to waken compassion by repeatedly stating this fact to passers-by.] 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/lxxxi_contention_over_the_man.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet_talks_about_jesus/1_the_purpose_in_the.htm">The Purpose in the Coming of Jesus. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">God Spelling Himself out in Jesus: change in the original language--bother in spelling Jesus out--sticklers for the old forms--Jesus' new spelling of old words. Jesus is God following us up: God heart-broken--man's native air--bad choice affected man's will--the wrong lane--God following us up. The Early Eden Picture, Genesis 1:26-31. 2:7-25: unfallen man--like God--the breath of God in man--a spirit, infinite, eternal--love--holy--wise--sovereign over creation, Psalm 8:5-8--in his own will--summary--God's <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet_talks_about_jesus/1_the_purpose_in_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">S. D. Gordon—</span><span class="citation2">Quiet Talks about Jesus</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the_sovereignty_of_god/chapter_six_the_sovereignty_of.htm">The Sovereignty of God in Operation</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be the glory for ever. Amen" (Romans 11:36). Has God foreordained everything that comes to pass? Has He decreed that what is, was to have been? In the final analysis this is only another way of asking, Is God now governing the world and everyone and everything in it? If God is governing the world then is He governing it according to a definite purpose, or aimlessly and at random? If He is governing it according to some purpose, then <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the_sovereignty_of_god/chapter_six_the_sovereignty_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Arthur W. Pink—</span><span class="citation2">The Sovereignty of God</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/evans/the_great_doctrines_of_the_bible/the_doctrine_of_the_scriptures.htm">The Doctrine of the Scriptures. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">I. NAMES AND TITLES. 1. THE BIBLE. 2. THE TESTAMENTS. 3. THE SCRIPTURES. 4. THE WORD OF GOD. II. INSPIRATION. 1. DEFINITION. 2. DISTINCTIONS. a) Revelation. b) Illumination. c) Reporting. 3. VIEWS: a) Natural Inspiration. b) Christian Illumination. c) Dynamic Theory. d) Concept Theory. e) Verbal Inspiration. f) Partial Inspiration. g) Plenary Inspiration. 4. THE CLAIMS OF THE SCRIPTURES THEMSELVES: a) The Old Testament. b) The New Testament. 5. THE CHARACTER (OR DEGREES) OF INSPIRATION. a) Actual <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/evans/the_great_doctrines_of_the_bible/the_doctrine_of_the_scriptures.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. William Evans—</span><span class="citation2">The Great Doctrines of the Bible</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/micah.htm">Micah</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Micah must have been a very striking personality. Like Amos, he was a native of the country--somewhere in the neighbourhood of Gath; and he denounces with fiery earnestness the sins of the capital cities, Samaria in the northern kingdom, and Jerusalem in the southern. To him these cities seem to incarnate the sins of their respective kingdoms, i. 5; and for both ruin and desolation are predicted, i. 6, iii. 12. Micah expresses with peculiar distinctness the sense of his inspiration and the object <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/micah.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../micah/3-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Micah 3:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Micah 3:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../micah/3-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Micah 3:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Micah 3:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/micah/3-8.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>