Micah 3:7

The seers shall be disappointed,and the diviners confounded.Yes, they shall all cover their lips;for there is no answer from God."

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In The King James Version

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

In Context

6"Therefore night is over you, with no vision,and it is dark to you, that you may not divine;and the sun will go down on the prophets,and the day will be black over them.

8But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord,and of judgment, and of might,to declare to Jacob his disobedience,and to Israel his sin.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:11The magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.

1 Samuel 9:9(In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he would say, "Come, and let us go to the seer"; for he who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.)

1 Samuel 28:6When Saul inquired of the Lord, The Lord did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Psalms 74:9We see no miraculous signs.There is no longer any prophet,neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

Isaiah 47:12"Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.

Ezekiel 24:17Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your lips, and do not eat men's bread."

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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