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Micah 3:7-9
New English Translation
Micah 3:7-9
New English Translation
7 The prophets[a] will be ashamed;
the omen readers will be humiliated.
All of them will cover their mouths,[b]
for they will receive no divine oracles.”[c]
8 But I[d] am full of the courage that the Lord’s Spirit gives
and have a strong commitment to justice.[e]
This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion
and Israel with its sin.[f]
9 Listen to this, you leaders of the family[g] of Jacob,
you rulers of the nation[h] of Israel!
You[i] hate justice
and pervert all that is right.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:7 tn Or “seers.”
- Micah 3:7 tn Or “the mustache,” or perhaps “the beard.” Cf. KJV, NAB, NRSV “cover their lips.”
- Micah 3:7 tn Heb “no divine response” or “no answer from God.”
- Micah 3:8 sn The prophet Micah speaks here and contrasts himself with the mercenaries just denounced by the Lord in the preceding verses.
- Micah 3:8 tn Heb “am full of power, the Spirit of the Lord, and justice and strength.” The appositional phrase “the Spirit of the Lord” explains the source of the prophet’s power. The phrase “justice and strength” is understood here as a hendiadys, referring to the prophet’s strong sense of justice.
- Micah 3:8 tn Heb “to declare to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin.” The words “this enables me” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Micah 3:9 tn Heb “house.”
- Micah 3:9 tn Heb “house.”
- Micah 3:9 tn Heb “who.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons (also at the beginning of v. 10).
Micah 3:7-9
New International Version
Micah 3:7-9
New International Version
7 The seers will be ashamed(A)
and the diviners disgraced.(B)
They will all cover(C) their faces(D)
because there is no answer from God.(E)”
8 But as for me, I am filled with power,
with the Spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
to Israel his sin.(F)
9 Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
and distort all that is right;(G)
Micah 3:7-9
King James Version
Micah 3:7-9
King James Version
7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
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