Micah 3:4

Then you rulers will cry out to Yahweh, 1 but he will not answer you. 1 He will hide his face from you at that time, 1 because you have done evil deeds.” 1

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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 who also eat the flesh of my people, 1 and tear their skin off, 1 break their bones, 1 and chop them in pieces, 1 just like meat for a pot, 1 just like meat in a cauldron. 1

5Yahweh says this, 1 “As for the prophets who lead my people astray, 1 if one gives them something to eat, 1 they proclaim, 'Peace.' 1 But if he puts nothing in their mouths, 1 they dedicate themselves to wage war on him. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:17Then, on that day, my anger will be kindled against them and I will abandon them. I will hide my face from them and they will be devoured. Many disasters and troubles will find them so that they will say on that day, 'Have these disasters not come upon us because our God is not in our midst?'

1 Samuel 8:18Then on that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves; but Yahweh will not answer you on that day.”

Psalms 18:41They called for help, but no one saved them; they called out to Yahweh, but he did not answer them. 1

Proverbs 28:9If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, 1 even his prayer is detestable. 1

Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him, for the recompense of his hands will be done to him. 1

Isaiah 59:3For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin. 1 Your lips speak lies and your tongue speaks maliciously. 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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