Micah 3 ISV NIV Parallel

◄ Micah 3 ►

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1"He will say, 'Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel! You should know justice, should you not?—

1Then I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice,

2you who despise good and love evil, who tear off the skin of my people, along with the flesh from their bones.

2you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;

3You eat the flesh of my people, flaying their skin from them. You break their bones, chopping them in pieces like meat for a pot, like meat destined for a soup kettle.'

3who eat my people's flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?"

4"Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not listen to them. In fact, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they were so wicked in what they were doing."

4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done.

5"This is what the LORD says about the prophets who are causing my people to go astray, who are calling out 'Peace' when they're being fed, but who declare war against those who won't feed them:

5This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim 'peace' if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them.

6You will have nights without visions, and darkness without prophecy. The sun will set on the prophets, and the day will darken for them.

6Therefore night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark for them.

7Those who see visions will be put to shame, and the diviners will be disgraced—every one of them— they will cover their faces, because there will be no answer from God.'"

7The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced. They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God."

8"As for me, I am truly filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, filled with judgment and power to announce to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

8But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his sin.

9Please listen to this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel, you who hate administering justice, who pervert the very meaning of equity,

9Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right;

10who are building up Zion by means of bloodshed, and Jerusalem by means of iniquity.

10who build Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness.

11Her leaders judge for the money, her priests teach only when they're paid , and her prophets prophesy for cash. Even so, don't they all rely on the LORD as they ask, 'The LORD is among us, is he not? Nothing bad can possibly happen to us!'

11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they look for the LORD's support and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us."

12"Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the Temple Mount like a forest high place."

12Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.

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