Micah 3:6

Therefore lailah shall be unto you, because of the chazon; 1 and choshech shall come upon you because of the soothsaying, the divination; 1 and the shemesh shall go down over the nevi'im, 1 and hayom shall be dark over them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

In Context

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

7Then shall the chozim (seers) be ashamed, 1 and the kosemim (diviners) blush in bushah; 1 yea, they shall all cover their safam (mustache); + 3:7 i.e., their lips 1 ki ein ma'aneh Elohim (for there is no answer of G-d). 1

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Cross References

Psalms 74:9We see not our otot (signs); 1 there is no longer any navi; 1 neither is there among us any that knoweth ad mah (until when). 1

Isaiah 29:10For Hashem hath poured out upon you 1 the ruach tardemah (spirit of deep sleep), 1 and hath closed your eynayim; namely, that of the nevi'im 1 and your heads, you seers, hath He covered.

Jeremiah 13:16Give kavod to Hashem Eloheichem, 1 before He cause darkness, 1 and before your raglayim stumble 1 upon the dark mountains, 1 and, while ye look for ohr, 1 He turn it into the tzalmavet (shadow of death), 1 and make it gross darkness. 1

Jeremiah 18:18Then said they, Come and let us devise plans against Yirmeyah; for the torah shall not perish from the kohen, nor etzah from the chacham, nor the davar from the navi. Come, and let us attack him with the lashon, and let us not give heed to any of his devarim. 1

Ezekiel 13:9And Mine yad shall be against the nevi'im that see shav (vanity, futility), and that divine kazav (lie): they shall not be in the sod (council) of My people, neither shall they be written in the Ketav (Register) of Bais Yisroel, neither shall they enter into Admat Yisroel; and ye shall know that I am Adonoi Hashem.

Ezekiel 13:23Therefore ye shall see no longer shav (vanity, futility), nor practice divinations; for I will save My people out of your yad; and ye shall know that I am Hashem.

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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