Micah 3:4

Then, shall they make outcry unto Yahweh, but he will not answer them,—that he may hide his face from them, at that time, even as they have made wicked their doings.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 indeed have eaten the flesh of my people, and, their skin from off them, have stript, and, their bones, have they broken in pieces,—and will spread them out, as flesh with a fork, and as flesh, in the midst of a pot.

5Thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the prophets who are leading astray my people,—who bite with their teeth, and then cry—Prosper! and whoso holdeth not to their mouth, they hallow against him a war!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:17Then will mine anger kindle upon them in that day, and I will forsake them and will hide my face from them and they shall be consumed, and many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out,—and they will say, in that day, Is it not because my God is not in my midst, that these calamities have found me out?

1 Samuel 8:18Then will ye make outcry, in that day, because of your king whom ye have chosen for yourselves,—and Yahweh will not answer you, in that day.

Psalms 18:41They cried out, but there was none to save, unto Yahweh, but he answered them not.

Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ear from hearing instruction, even his prayer, is an abomination.

Isaiah 3:11Alas! for the lawless, it is ill, For what his own hand hath matured, shall be done to him.

Isaiah 59:3For, your hands, are defiled with blood, And, your fingers, with iniquity,—Your lips, have spoken falsehood, and Your tongue, muttereth, perversity.

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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