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Micah 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Yahweh Will Not Answer

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And I said,

“Hear now, heads of Jacob

And rulers of the house of Israel.

Is it not for you to know justice?

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“You who hate good and love evil,

Who tear off their skin from them

And their flesh from their bones,

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And who eat the flesh of my people,

Strip off their skin from them,

Break their bones,

And spread them out as for the pot

And as meat in a caldron.”

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Then they will cry out to Yahweh,

But He will not answer them.

Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time

Because they have practiced evil deeds.

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Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray;

When they have something to bite with their teeth,

They call out, “Peace,”

But against him who puts nothing in their mouths,

They set themselves apart for war.

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Therefore it will be night for you—without vision,

And darkness for you—without divination.

The sun will go down on the prophets,

And the day will grow black over them.

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The seers will be ashamed,

And the diviners will be humiliated.

Indeed, they will all cover their [fn]mouths

Because there is no answer from God.

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On the other hand I am filled with power

With the Spirit of Yahweh

And with justice and might

To declare to Jacob his transgression,

Even to Israel his sin.

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Now hear this, heads of the house of Jacob

And rulers of the house of Israel,

Who abhor justice

And twist everything that is straight,

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Who build Zion with bloodshed

And Jerusalem with violent injustice.

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Her heads pronounce judgment for a bribe,

And her priests instruct for a price,

And her prophets divine for money.

Yet they lean on Yahweh saying,

“Is not Yahweh in our midst?

Evil will not come upon us.”

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Therefore, on account of you

Zion will be plowed as a field;

Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,

And the mountain of the house of God will become high places of a forest.

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