KJ3 Literal Translation
Micah 3
The cruelty of the heads of Jacob. The falsehood of the prophets. The security of them both.
1And I said, Heads of Jacob and magistrates of the house of Israel, please hear. Is it not for you to know justice?
2Those hating good and loving evil, who pull their skin off them, and their flesh from their bones;
3and who eat the flesh of My people, and cause their skin to come off from them; yea, they break their bones and shatter them, like that which is in the pot, and as flesh in the midst of the kettle.
4Then they shall cry out to Jehovah, but He will not answer them. He will even hide His face from them in that time, as they have done evil in their doings.
5So says Jehovah concerning the prophets, those causing My people to err, those biting with their teeth and they call out, Peace! And whoever does not give for their mouth, they even sanctify a war against him.
6Therefore a night shall be for you apart from vision; and darkness for you apart from divining. And the sun shall go in on the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
7And the seers shall be ashamed, and those divining shall blush, all of them; yea, they shall cover over their mustache, for there is no answer from God.
8But by the Spirit of Jehovah I am full of power and justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and his sin to Israel.
9Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob, and magistrates of the house of Israel, you who abhor justice and pervert all uprightness,
10those building up Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity:
11Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets divine for silver; yet they will lean on Jehovah, saying, Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil shall not come on us!
12Therefore, on account of you, Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house into high places of the forest.
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