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Micah|3:1|-|And I said,Hear now, you heads of Jacob
And you rulers of the house of Israel:Is it not for you
To know justice?
Micah|3:2|-|You who hate goodAnd love evil,
You who tear away their skin from off themAnd their flesh from off their bones,
Micah|3:3|-|And who devour the flesh of My peopleAnd strip off their skin from off them
And break their bones in piecesAnd chop them as for the pot
And like meat in a cauldron.
Micah|3:4|-|Then they will cry out to Jehovah,But He will not answer them;
Indeed He will |a|hide His face from them at that time,Just as they were evil in their doings.
Micah|3:5|-|Thus says Jehovah concerning the |a|prophetsWho cause My people to err,
Who, when they have something to bite with their teeth,Cry, Peace,
But if there is one who does not give something for their mouths,They prepare for war against him.
Micah|3:6|-|Therefore there will be night to you, without vision,And darkness to you, without divination.
And the sun will go down on the prophets,And the day will be black over them.
Micah|3:7|-|And the seers will be put to shame,And the diviners will be ashamed;
And they will all cover their mouths,For there will be |a|no answer from God.
Micah|3:8|-|But as for me, I am |a|fullOf power, with the Spirit of Jehovah, and of justice and might,
To declare to Jacob his transgressionAnd to Israel his sin.
Micah|3:9|-|Hear now this, you heads of the house of JacobAnd you rulers of the house of Israel:
You who abhor justiceAnd pervert all uprightness,
Micah|3:10|-||a|Who build Zion by bloodshedAnd Jerusalem by iniquity.
Micah|3:11|-|Her leaders judge for a bribe,And her priests teach for hire,
And her prophets divine for money;But they lean on Jehovah, saying,
Is not Jehovah in our midst?Evil will not come upon us.
Micah|3:12|-|Therefore on account of you|a|Zion will be plowed as a field,
And Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,And the |b|mountain of the house will become the high places of a forest.
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