| 3:1 | And I said <0559> (8799), Hear <08085> (8798), I pray you, O heads <07218> of Jacob <03290>, and ye princes <07101> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>; [Is it] not for you to know <03045> (8800) judgment <04941>? |
| 3:2 | Who hate <08130> (8802) the good <02896>, and love <0157> (8802) the evil <07451>; who pluck off <01497> (8802) their skin <05785> from off them, and their flesh <07607> from off their bones <06106>; |
| 3:3 | Who also eat <0398> (8804) the flesh <07607> of my people <05971>, and flay <06584> (8689) their skin <05785> from off them; and they break <06476> (8765) their bones <06106>, and chop them in pieces <06566> (8804), as for the pot <05518>, and as flesh <01320> within <08432> the caldron <07037>. |
| 3:4 | Then shall they cry <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, but he will not hear <06030> (8799) them: he will even hide <05641> (8686) his face <06440> from them at that time <06256>, as they have behaved themselves ill <07489> (8689) in their doings <04611>. |
| 3:5 | Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> concerning the prophets <05030> that make my people <05971> err <08582> (8688), that bite <05391> (8802) with their teeth <08127>, and cry <07121> (8804), Peace <07965>; and he that putteth <05414> (8799) not into their mouths <06310>, they even prepare <06942> (8765) war <04421> against him. |
| 3:6 | Therefore night <03915> [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision <02377>; and it shall be dark <02821> (8675) <02821> (8804) unto you, that ye shall not divine <07080> (8800); and the sun <08121> shall go down <0935> (8804) over the prophets <05030>, and the day <03117> shall be dark <06937> (8804) over them. {that...: vision: Heb. from a vision} {that...: divine: Heb. from divining} |
| 3:7 | Then shall the seers <02374> be ashamed <0954> (8804), and the diviners <07080> (8802) confounded <02659> (8804): yea, they shall all cover <05844> (8804) their lips <08222>; for [there is] no answer <04617> of God <0430>. {lips: Heb. upper lip} |
| 3:8 | But truly <0199> I am full <04390> (8804) of power <03581> by the spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068>, and of judgment <04941>, and of might <01369>, to declare <05046> (8687) unto Jacob <03290> his transgression <06588>, and to Israel <03478> his sin <02403>. |
| 3:9 | Hear <08085> (8798) this, I pray you, ye heads <07218> of the house <01004> of Jacob <03290>, and princes <07101> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>, that abhor <08581> (8764) judgment <04941>, and pervert <06140> (8762) all equity <03477>. |
| 3:10 | They build up <01129> (8802) Zion <06726> with blood <01818>, and Jerusalem <03389> with iniquity <05766>. {blood: Heb. bloods} |
| 3:11 | The heads <07218> thereof judge <08199> (8799) for reward <07810>, and the priests <03548> thereof teach <03384> (8686) for hire <04242>, and the prophets <05030> thereof divine <07080> (8799) for money <03701>: yet will they lean <08172> (8735) upon the LORD <03068>, and say <0559> (8800), [Is] not the LORD <03068> among <07130> us? none evil <07451> can come <0935> (8799) upon us. {and say: Heb. saying} |
| 3:12 | Therefore shall Zion <06726> for your sake <01558> be plowed <02790> (8735) [as] a field <07704>, and Jerusalem <03389> shall become heaps <05856>, and the mountain <02022> of the house <01004> as the high places <01116> of the forest <03293>. |
Micah 3 - AV with Strong Numbers
