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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] Καὶ () ἐρεῖ () Ἀκούσατε () δὴ () ταῦτα, () αἱ () ἀρχαὶ () οἴκου () Ιακωβ () καὶ () οἱ () κατάλοιποι () οἴκου () Ισραηλ. () Οὐχ () ὑμῖν () ἐστιν () τοῦ () γνῶναι () τὸ () κρίμα; ()
[2] Οἱ () μισοῦντες () τὰ () καλὰ () καὶ () ζητοῦντες () τὰ () πονηρά, () ἁρπάζοντες () τὰ () δέρματα () αὐτῶν () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τὰς () σάρκας () αὐτῶν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ὀστέων () αὐτῶν. ()
[3] Ὃν () τρόπον () κατέφαγον () τὰς () σάρκας () τοῦ () λαοῦ () μου () καὶ () τὰ () δέρματα () αὐτῶν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ὀστέων () αὐτῶν () ἐξέδειραν καὶ () τὰ () ὀστέα () αὐτῶν () συνέθλασαν () καὶ () ἐμέλισαν ὡς () σάρκας () εἰς () λέβητα καὶ () ὡς () κρέα () εἰς () χύτραν,
[4] οὕτως () κεκράξονται () πρὸς () κύριον, () καὶ () οὐκ () εἰσακούσεται () αὐτῶν· () καὶ () ἀποστρέψει () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν () ἐν () τῷ () καιρῷ () ἐκείνῳ, () ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ἐπονηρεύσαντο ἐν () τοῖς () ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτῶν () ἐπ’ () αὐτούς. ()
[5] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () προφήτας () τοὺς () πλανῶντας () τὸν () λαόν () μου, () τοὺς () δάκνοντας () ἐν () τοῖς () ὀδοῦσιν () αὐτῶν () καὶ () κηρύσσοντας () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () εἰρήνην, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐδόθη () εἰς () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτῶν, () ἤγειραν () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () πόλεμον· ()
[6] διὰ () τοῦτο () νὺξ () ὑμῖν () ἔσται () ἐξ () ὁράσεως, () καὶ () σκοτία () ὑμῖν () ἔσται () ἐκ () μαντείας, καὶ () δύσεται () ὁ () ἥλιος () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () προφήτας, () καὶ () συσκοτάσει ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () ἡ () ἡμέρα· ()
[7] καὶ () καταισχυνθήσονται () οἱ () ὁρῶντες () τὰ () ἐνύπνια, () καὶ () καταγελασθήσονται () οἱ () μάντεις, καὶ () καταλαλήσουσιν () κατ’ () αὐτῶν () πάντες () αὐτοί, () διότι () οὐκ () ἔσται () ὁ () εἰσακούων () αὐτῶν. ()
[8] Ἐὰν () μὴ () ἐγὼ () ἐμπλήσω () ἰσχὺν () ἐν () πνεύματι () κυρίου () καὶ () κρίματος () καὶ () δυναστείας τοῦ () ἀπαγγεῖλαι () τῷ () Ιακωβ () ἀσεβείας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τῷ () Ισραηλ () ἁμαρτίας () αὐτοῦ. ()
[9] Ἀκούσατε () δὴ () ταῦτα, () οἱ () ἡγούμενοι () οἴκου () Ιακωβ () καὶ () οἱ () κατάλοιποι () οἴκου () Ισραηλ () οἱ () βδελυσσόμενοι () κρίμα () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () ὀρθὰ () διαστρέφοντες, ()
[10] οἱ () οἰκοδομοῦντες () Σιων () ἐν () αἵμασιν () καὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () ἐν () ἀδικίαις· ()
[11] οἱ () ἡγούμενοι () αὐτῆς () μετὰ () δώρων () ἔκρινον, () καὶ () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () αὐτῆς () μετὰ () μισθοῦ () ἀπεκρίνοντο, () καὶ () οἱ () προφῆται () αὐτῆς () μετὰ () ἀργυρίου () ἐμαντεύοντο, () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () κύριον () ἐπανεπαύοντο () λέγοντες () Οὐχὶ () κύριος () ἐν () ἡμῖν () ἐστιν; () Οὐ () μὴ () ἐπέλθῃ () ἐφ’ () ἡμᾶς () κακά. ()
[12] Διὰ () τοῦτο () δι’ () ὑμᾶς () Σιων () ὡς () ἀγρὸς () ἀροτριαθήσεται, () καὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () ὡς () ὀπωροφυλάκιον ἔσται () καὶ () τὸ () ὄρος () τοῦ () οἴκου () ὡς () ἄλσος δρυμοῦ.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.