Micah 3:4-7
The Message
4 The time’s coming, though, when these same leaders
will cry out for help to God, but he won’t listen.
He’ll turn his face the other way
because of their history of evil.
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5-7 Here is God’s Message to the prophets,
the preachers who lie to my people:
“For as long as they’re well paid and well fed,
the prophets preach, ‘Isn’t life wonderful! Peace to all!’
But if you don’t pay up and jump on their bandwagon,
their ‘God bless you’ turns into ‘God damn you.’
Therefore, you’re going blind. You’ll see nothing.
You’ll live in deep shadows and know nothing.
The sun has set on the prophets.
They’ve had their day; from now on it’s night.
Visionaries will be confused,
experts will be all mixed up.
They’ll hide behind their reputations and make lame excuses
to cover up their God-ignorance.”
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Micah 3:4-6
New International Version
4 Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but he will not answer them.(A)
At that time he will hide his face(B) from them
because of the evil they have done.(C)
5 This is what the Lord says:
“As for the prophets
who lead my people astray,(D)
they proclaim ‘peace’(E)
if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
who refuses to feed them.
6 Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
and darkness, without divination.(F)
The sun will set for the prophets,(G)
and the day will go dark for them.(H)
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