Micah 3:1-7 ▼

1 And I said: “Hear now, O heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you? to know justice—

2 those hating good and loving evil, those tearing away their skin from upon them, and their flesh from their bones,

3 and who eat the flesh of My people, and strip off their skin from them and break their bones and spread them as in the pot, and like flesh in the midst of a cauldron?”

4 Then they will cry to YHWH, and He will not answer them; and He will hide His face from them at that time, because their deeds have been evil.

5 Thus says YHWH concerning the prophets leading astray my people, those biting with their teeth while they call out, Peace, and who do not give to their mouth, and they have sanctified against him war:

6 “Therefore a night is unto you? without a vision, and it will grow dark for you? without divination, and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

7 And the seers will be ashamed, and the diviners will be disgraced, and they will cover over their mustache—all of them—for there is no answer from God!”