MICAH
Chapter 3
God Blames Israel's Leaders
Judgment on the Unjust Leaders
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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?
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Hebrew
- וָאֹמַר שִׁמְעוּ־נָא רָאשֵׁי יַעֲקֹב וּקְצִינֵי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲלוֹא לָכֶם לָדַעַת אֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּט׃
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Judgment on False Prophets
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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.
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Hebrew
- כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה עַל־הַנְּבִיאִים הַמַּתְעִים אֶת־עַמִּי הַנֹּשְׁכִים בְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם וְקָרְאוּ שָׁלוֹם וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִתֵּן עַל־פִּיהֶם וְקִדְּשׁוּ עָלָיו מִלְחָמָה׃
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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.
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Hebrew
- לָכֵן לַיְלָה לָכֶם מֵחָזוֹן וְחָשְׁכָה לָכֶם מִקְּסֹם וּבָאָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עַל־הַנְּבִיאִים וְקָדַר עֲלֵיהֶם הַיּוֹם׃
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7. Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover
their lips; for there is no answere of God.
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Hebrew
- וּבֹשׁוּ הַחֹזִים וְחָפְרוּ הַקֹּסְמִים וְעָטוּ עַל־שָׂפָם כֻּלָּם כִּי אֵין מַעֲנֵה אֱלֹהִים׃
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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.
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Hebrew
- וְאוּלָם אָנֹכִי מָלֵאתִי כֹחַ אֶת־רוּחַ יְהוָה וּמִשְׁפָּט וּגְבוּרָה לְהַגִּיד לְיַעֲקֹב פִּשְׁעוֹ וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל חַטָּאתוֹ׃ ס
Judgment on Jerusalem
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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.
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Hebrew
- שִׁמְעוּ־נָא זֹאת רָאשֵׁי בֵּית יַעֲקֹב וּקְצִינֵי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמֲתַעֲבִים מִשְׁפָּט וְאֵת כָּל־הַיְשָׁרָה יְעַקֵּשׁוּ׃
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