Micah 3:1-5 - ESV Online

MICAH 3:1-5

Rulers and Prophets Denounced

3:1

And I said:

Hear, you heads of Jacob

and rulers of the house of Israel!

Is it not for you to know justice?— 2

you who hate the good and love the evil,

who tear the skin from off my people

and their flesh from off their bones, 3

who eat the flesh of my people,

and flay their skin from off them,

and break their bones in pieces

and chop them up like meat in a pot,

like flesh in a cauldron.
4

Then they will cry to the Lord,

but he will not answer them;

he will hide his face from them at that time,

because they have made their deeds evil.
5

Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets

who lead my people astray,

who cry “Peace”

when they have something to eat,

but declare war against him

who puts nothing into their mouths.

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