Micah 3:4

Then shall they cry unto Hashem, 1 but He will not hear them; 1 He will even hide His face from them at that time, 1 because of the evil way they behaved themselves in their doings. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

3Who also eat the flesh of Ami, 1 and flay their skin from off them; 1 and they break their atzamot, 1 and chop them in pieces, like for the pot, 1 and like the basar within the caldron. 1

5Thus saith Hashem concerning the nevi'im that make Ami err, leading them astray, 1 the nevi'im that bite with their teeth, and preach: Shalom! 1 And whoever putteth nothing into their mouths, 1 v'kiddeshu milchamah (they sanctify war) against him. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:17Then My anger shall be kindled against them in Yom Hahu, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured, and ra'ot rabbot (many evils) and tzarot (troubles) shall befall them; so that they will say in Yom Hahu, Are not these evils come upon us, because Elohai is not among us?

1 Samuel 8:18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your melech which ye shall have chosen for you; and Hashem will not hear you in that day.

Psalms 18:41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine oyevim; 1 that I might destroy them that hate me. 1

Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ozen from mishmo'a torah (heeding torah), 1 even his tefillah (prayer) shall be to'evah (abomination). 1

Isaiah 3:11Oy to the rasha! It shall be rah with him; 1 for what his hands have wrought will be done to him. 1

Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled and polluted with dahm, 1 and your fingers with avon (iniquity); 1 your lips have spoken sheker, 1 your leshon (tongue) hath muttered avlah (perverseness, wickedness, iniquity, lashon hora). 1

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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