Micah 3:1-7 ▼

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

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

3 You 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.'

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.|

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:

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

7 Those 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.'|