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World English Bible

Micah 3 (WEBP)

[1] I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?
[2] You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
[3] who also eat the flesh of my people, and peel their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as meat within the cauldron.
[4] Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”
[5] Yahweh says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
[6] “Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
[7] The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.”
[8] But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.
[9] Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity,
[10] who build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
[11] Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
[12] Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.

Micah 3:7 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Micah 3 (KJVS)

[1] And I said, () Hear, () I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know () judgment?
[2] Who hate () the good, and love () the evil; who pluck off () their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
[3] who also eat () the flesh of my people, and flay () their skin from off them; and they break () their bones, and chop them in pieces, () as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
[4] Then shall they cry () unto the Lord, but he will not hear () them: he will even hide () his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill () in their doings.
[5] Thus saith () the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, () that bite () with their teeth, and cry, () Peace; and he that putteth () not into their mouths, they even prepare () war against him.
[6] Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark () () unto you, that ye shall not divine; () and the sun shall go down () over the prophets, and the day shall be dark () over them.
[7] Then shall the seers be ashamed, () and the diviners () confounded: () yea, they shall all cover () their lips; for there is no answer of God.
[8] But truly I 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.
[9] Hear () this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor () judgment, and pervert () all equity.
[10] They build up () Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
[11] The heads thereof judge () for reward, and 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.
[12] Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed () as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

Micah 3:6a Heb. from a vision
Micah 3:6b Heb. from divining
Micah 3:7 Heb. upper lip
Micah 3:10 Heb. bloods
Micah 3:11 Heb. saying

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Micah 3 (BYZ)

[1] και ερει ακουσατε δη ταυτα αι αρχαι οικου ιακωβ και οι καταλοιποι οικου ισραηλ ουχ υμιν εστιν του γνωναι το κριμα
[2] οι μισουντες τα καλα και ζητουντες τα πονηρα αρπαζοντες τα δερματα αυτων απ αυτων και τας σαρκας αυτων απο των οστεων αυτων
[3] ον τροπον κατεφαγον τας σαρκας του λαου μου και τα δερματα αυτων απο των οστεων αυτων εξεδειραν και τα οστεα αυτων συνεθλασαν και εμελισαν ως σαρκας εις λεβητα και ως κρεα εις χυτραν
[4] ουτως κεκραξονται προς κυριον και ουκ εισακουσεται αυτων και αποστρεψει το προσωπον αυτου απ αυτων εν τω καιρω εκεινω ανθ ων επονηρευσαντο εν τοις επιτηδευμασιν αυτων επ αυτους
[5] ταδε λεγει κυριος επι τους προφητας τους πλανωντας τον λαον μου τους δακνοντας εν τοις οδουσιν αυτων και κηρυσσοντας επ αυτον ειρηνην και ουκ εδοθη εις το στομα αυτων ηγειραν επ αυτον πολεμον
[6] δια τουτο νυξ υμιν εσται εξ ορασεως και σκοτια υμιν εσται εκ μαντειας και δυσεται ο ηλιος επι τους προφητας και συσκοτασει επ αυτους η ημερα
[7] και καταισχυνθησονται οι ορωντες τα ενυπνια και καταγελασθησονται οι μαντεις και καταλαλησουσιν κατ αυτων παντες αυτοι διοτι ουκ εσται ο εισακουων αυτων
[8] εαν μη εγω εμπλησω ισχυν εν πνευματι κυριου και κριματος και δυναστειας του απαγγειλαι τω ιακωβ ασεβειας αυτου και τω ισραηλ αμαρτιας αυτου
[9] ακουσατε δη ταυτα οι ηγουμενοι οικου ιακωβ και οι καταλοιποι οικου ισραηλ οι βδελυσσομενοι κριμα και παντα τα ορθα διαστρεφοντες
[10] οι οικοδομουντες σιων εν αιμασιν και ιερουσαλημ εν αδικιαις
[11] οι ηγουμενοι αυτης μετα δωρων εκρινον και οι ιερεις αυτης μετα μισθου απεκρινοντο και οι προφηται αυτης μετα αργυριου εμαντευοντο και επι τον κυριον επανεπαυοντο λεγοντες ουχι κυριος εν ημιν εστιν ου μη επελθη εφ ημας κακα
[12] δια τουτο δι υμας σιων ως αγρος αροτριαθησεται και ιερουσαλημ ως οπωροφυλακιον εσται και το ορος του οικου ως αλσος δρυμου

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.