Micah 3:6

Therefore, it will be night for you with no vision for you; 1 it will be dark so that you will do no divination. 1 The sun will go down on the prophets, 1 and the day will be dark on them. 1

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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

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

7The seers will be put to shame, 1 and the diviners will be confused. 1 All of them will cover their lips, 1 for there is no answer from me.” 1

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Cross References

Psalms 74:9We do not see any more signs; 1 there is no prophet any more, 1 and no one among us knows how long this will last. 1

Isaiah 29:10For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep. 1 He has closed your eyes, the prophets, and has covered your heads, the seers.

Jeremiah 13:16Give honor to Yahweh your God before he brings darkness, 1 and before he causes your feet to stumble on the mountains at twilight. 1 For you are hoping for light, but he will turn the place into a deep darkness, into a dark cloud. 1

Jeremiah 18:18So the people said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, since the law will never perish from the priests, or advice from the wise men, or words from the prophets. Come, let us attack him with our words and no longer pay attention to anything he proclaims.” 1

Ezekiel 13:9My hand will be against the prophets who have lying visions and who make false predictions. They will not be in the assembly of my people, or enrolled in the record of the house of Israel; they must not go to the land of Israel. For you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh!

Ezekiel 13:23therefore you will no longer have false visions or continue to make predictions, for I will rescue my people out of your hand. You will know that I am Yahweh.'”

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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