Micah 3:4

Then they'll cry out to the Lord, but he won't answer them. He will turn away from them at that time because of the evil things they have done.

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In The King James Version

Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

In Context

3You eat the flesh of my people, you strip off their skin, you break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the saucepan, like flesh for the cooking pot.”

5This is what the Lord says about the prophets who deceive my people. To those who feed them they prophesy peace to them, while to those who do not they prophesy war against them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:17Then I will abandon them and turn away from them, so they will be destroyed, and they will experience many disasters and problems. At that time they'll say, ‘We're suffering these disasters because our God has abandoned us!’

1 Samuel 8:18On that day you will plead to be rescued from the king you have chosen, but the Lord won't answer you then.”

Psalms 18:41They cried out for help, but no one came to rescue them. They even called out to the Lord, but he did not answer them.

Proverbs 28:9God hates the prayers of people who disregard the law.

Isaiah 3:11But tragedy comes to the wicked, for what they did will be done to them.

Isaiah 59:3Your hands are covered in blood and your fingers tainted with guilt, your lips speak lies and your mouth whispers evil things.

Matthew Henry on Micah 3:2-8

The Crimes of the Princes and Prophets. ( b. c. 726.) 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto the Lord , but he… Read the whole commentary →

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