ASV_Strong : Micah 3
1. And I said[H559], Hear[H8085], I pray you[H7218], ye heads of Jacob[H3290], and rulers[H7101] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]: is it not for you to know[H3045] justice[H4941]?
2. ye who hate[H8130] the good[H2896], and love[H157] the evil[H7451]; who pluck off[H1497] their skin[H5785] from off them[H7607], and their flesh from off their bones[H6106];
3. who also eat[H398] the flesh[H7607] of my people[H5971], and flay[H6584] their skin[H5785] from off them[H6476], and break their bones[H6106], and chop them in pieces[H6566], as for the pot[H5518], and as flesh[H1320] within[H8432] the caldron[H7037].
4. Then shall they cry[H2199] unto Jehovah[H3068], but he will not answer[H6030] them[H5641]; yea, he will hide his face[H6440] from them at that time[H6256], according as they have wrought evil[H7489] in their doings[H4611].
5. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] concerning the prophets[H5030] that make my people[H5971] to err[H8582]; that bite[H5391] with their teeth[H8127], and cry[H7121], Peace[H7965]; and whoso putteth[H5414] not into their mouths[H6310], they even prepare[H6942] war against him[H4421]:
6. Therefore it shall be night[H3915] unto you[H2377], that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark[H2821] unto you[H7080], that ye shall not divine; and the sun[H8121] shall go down[H935] upon the prophets[H5030], and the day[H3117] shall be black over them[H6937].
7. And the seers[H2374] shall be put to shame[H2659], and the diviners[H7080] confounded[H954]; yea[H5844], they shall all cover their lips[H8222]; for there is no answer[H4617] of God[H430].
8. But as[H199] for me[H4390], I am full of power[H3581] by the Spirit[H7307] of Jehovah[H3068], and of judgment[H4941], and of might[H1369], to declare[H5046] unto Jacob[H3290] his transgression[H6588], and to Israel[H3478] his sin[H2403].
9. Hear[H8085] this[H7218], I pray you, ye heads of the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290], and rulers[H7101] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], that abhor[H8581] justice[H4941], and pervert[H6140] all equity[H3477].
10. They build up[H1129] Zion[H6726] with blood[H1818], and Jerusalem[H3389] with iniquity[H5766].
11. The heads[H7218] thereof judge[H8199] for reward[H7810], and the priests[H3548] thereof teach[H3384] for hire[H4242], and the prophets[H5030] thereof divine[H7080] for money[H3701]: yet they lean[H8172] upon Jehovah[H3068], and say[H559], Is not Jehovah[H3068] in the midst[H7130] of us[H7451]? no evil shall come upon us[H935].
12. Therefore shall Zion[H6726] for your sake[H1558] be plowed[H2790] as a field[H7704], and Jerusalem[H3389] shall become heaps[H5856], and the mountain[H2022] of the house[H1004] as the high places[H1116] of a forest[H3293].
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