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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 of it 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 .

Young’s Literal Translation

Micah 3 (YLT)

[1] And I say, ‘Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?
[2] Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
[3] And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread them out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.
[4] Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.
[5] Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried ‘Peace,’ And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.
[6] Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.
[7] And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.
[8] 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.
[9] Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.
[10] Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.
[11] Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, ‘Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.’
[12] Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house is for high places of a forest!