Micah 3 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Judgment against Israel’s Leaders

Mic 3:1I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel!
You are supposed to know right from wrong,

Mic 3:2but you are the very ones
who hate good and love evil.
You skin my people alive
and tear the flesh from their bones.

Mic 3:3

Mic 3:3Yes, you eat my people’s flesh,
strip off their skin,
and break their bones.
You chop them up
like meat for the cooking pot.

Mic 3:4

Mic 3:4Then you beg the LORD for help in times of trouble!
Do you really expect him to answer?
After all the evil you have done,
he won’t even look at you!”

Mic 3:5

Mic 3:5This is what the LORD says:
“You false prophets are leading my people astray!
You promise peace for those who give you food,
but you declare war on those who refuse to feed you.

Mic 3:6

Mic 3:6Now the night will close around you,
cutting off all your visions.
Darkness will cover you,
putting an end to your predictions.
The sun will set for you prophets,
and your day will come to an end.

Mic 3:7

Mic 3:7Then you seers will be put to shame,
and you fortune-tellers will be disgraced.
And you will cover your faces
because there is no answer from God.”

Mic 3:8

Mic 3:8But as for me, I am filled with power—
with the Spirit of the LORD.
I am filled with justice and strength
to boldly declare Israel’s sin and rebellion.

Mic 3:9

Mic 3:9Listen to me, you leaders of Israel!
You hate justice and twist all that is right.

Mic 3:10

Mic 3:10You are building Jerusalem
on a foundation of murder and corruption.

Mic 3:11

Mic 3:11You rulers make decisions based on bribes;
you priests teach God’s laws only for a price;
you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid.
Yet all of you claim to depend on the LORD.
“No harm can come to us,” you say,
“for the LORD is here among us.”

Mic 3:12

Mic 3:12Because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field;
Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins!
A thicket will grow on the heights
where the Temple now stands.

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