Micah 3

¹Then I saidוָאֹמַ֗רwā·’ō·mar — to say, speak, declareH559 — Full Word Study →: “Hearשִׁמְעוּ־šim·‘ū- — to hear, listen, obeyH8085 — Full Word Study → nowנָא֙nā — Please, I beseech, I prayH4994 — Full Word Study →, O leadersרָאשֵׁ֣יrā·šê — Head; chief; beginning; topH7218 — Full Word Study → of Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya·‘ă·qōḇ — He grasps the heelH3290 — Full Word Study →, you rulersוּקְצִינֵ֖יū·qə·ṣî·nê — Chief, ruler, commander, or leader in authorityH7101 — Full Word Study → of the houseבֵּ֣יתbêṯ — A house; dwelling place; household; familyH1004 — Full Word Study → of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiś·rā·’êl — God prevailsH3478 — Full Word Study →. Should you notהֲל֣וֹאhă·lō·w — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → knowלָדַ֖עַתlā·ḏa·‘aṯ — to know, understand, perceiveH3045 — Full Word Study → justiceהַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ham·miš·pāṭ — Justice, judgment, or legal decisionH4941 — Full Word Study →? ²You hateשֹׂ֥נְאֵיśō·nə·’ê — to hate, despise, regard with hostilityH8130 — Full Word Study → goodט֖וֹבṭō·wḇ — good, beneficial, pleasing, wellH2896 — Full Word Study → and loveוְאֹ֣הֲבֵיwə·’ō·hă·ḇê — To love; affection, attachment, or preferenceH157 — Full Word Study → evilרָעָהrå̄·ʿå̄h — evil, bad, harm, disasterH7451 — Full Word Study →. You tearגֹּזְלֵ֤יgō·zə·lê — to seize or rob by force; to plunderH1497 — Full Word Study → the skinעוֹרָם֙‘ō·w·rām — Skin, hide, leather coveringH5785 — Full Word Study → from my peopleמֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔םmê·‘ă·lê·hem — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → and strip the fleshוּשְׁאֵרָ֖םū·šə·’ê·rām — Flesh; kinship; blood relativeH7607 — Full Word Study → fromמֵעַ֥לmê·‘al — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → their bonesעַצְמוֹתָֽם׃‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯām — bone; body; substance; strengthH6106 — Full Word Study →. ³You eatאָכְלוּ֮’ā·ḵə·lū — to eat, consume, devourH398 — Full Word Study → the fleshשְׁאֵ֣רšə·’êr — Flesh; kinship; blood relativeH7607 — Full Word Study → of my peopleעַמִּי֒‘am·mî — a people; nation; communityH5971 — Full Word Study → after stripping offהִפְשִׁ֔יטוּhip̄·šî·ṭū — to strip, plunder, or invadeH6584 — Full Word Study → their skinוְעוֹרָם֙wə·‘ō·w·rām — Skin, hide, leather coveringH5785 — Full Word Study → and breakingפִּצֵּ֑חוּpiṣ·ṣê·ḥū — to break forth, burst outH6476 — Full Word Study → their bonesעַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖ם‘aṣ·mō·ṯê·hem — bone; body; substance; strengthH6106 — Full Word Study →. You chop them upוּפָרְשׂוּ֙ū·p̄ā·rə·śū — to spread, stretch out, or extendH6566 — Full Word Study → like flesh for the cooking pot, like meatוּכְבָשָׂ֖רū·ḵə·ḇā·śār — Flesh; body; meat; human natureH1320 — Full Word Study → inבְּת֥וֹךְbə·ṯō·wḵ — midst, among, between, throughH8432 — Full Word Study → a cauldronקַלָּֽחַת׃qal·lā·ḥaṯ — Large cooking pot or caldronH7037 — Full Word Study →.” ⁴Thenאָ֚ז’āz — Then; at that time; thereforeH227 — Full Word Study → they will cry outיִזְעֲק֣וּyiz·‘ă·qū — To cry out, call for help, summonH2199 — Full Word Study → toאֶל־’el- — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study → the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →, but He will notוְלֹ֥אwə·lō — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → answerיַעֲנֶ֖הya·‘ă·neh — To answer, respond, or testifyH6030 — Full Word Study → themאוֹתָ֑ם’ō·w·ṯām — direct object marker; signs accusative caseH853 — Full Word Study →. At thatהַהִ֔יאha·hî — He, she, it; the third person pronounH1931 — Full Word Study → timeבָּעֵ֣תbā·‘êṯ — Time, season, or appointed momentH6256 — Full Word Study → He will hideוְיַסְתֵּ֨רwə·yas·têr — To hide, conceal, or keep secretH5641 — Full Word Study → His faceפָּנָ֤יוpā·nāw — face; presence; beforeH6440 — Full Word Study → from them because ofכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka·’ă·šer — who, which, that; when, where, becauseH834 — Full Word Study → the evilהֵרֵ֖עוּhê·rê·‘ū — to break, spoil, or do evilH7489 — Full Word Study → they have doneמַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃פma·‘al·lê·hem — deed, work, or actionH4611 — Full Word Study →. ⁵This is whatכֹּ֚הkōh — thus, so, in this mannerH3541 — Full Word Study → the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study → saysאָמַ֣ר’ā·mar — to say, speak, declareH559 — Full Word Study →: “As forעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםhan·nə·ḇî·’îm — Prophet; one who speaks God's wordH5030 — Full Word Study → who lead My peopleעַמִּ֑י‘am·mî — a people; nation; communityH5971 — Full Word Study → astrayהַמַּתְעִ֣יםham·maṯ·‘îm — to stray, wander, or go astrayH8582 — Full Word Study →, who proclaimוְקָרְא֣וּwə·qā·rə·’ū — To call, summon, or proclaimH7121 — Full Word Study → peaceשָׁל֔וֹםšā·lō·wm — Peace, wholeness, well-being, prosperityH7965 — Full Word Study → while they chewהַנֹּשְׁכִ֤יםhan·nō·šə·ḵîm — To bite or sting; to oppress through usuryH5391 — Full Word Study → with their teethבְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם֙bə·šin·nê·hem — Tooth; ivory; sharp edge; cragH8127 — Full Word Study →, but declareוְקִדְּשׁ֥וּwə·qid·də·šū — to set apart as holy; to consecrate or sanctifyH6942 — Full Word Study → warמִלְחָמָֽה׃mil·ḥā·māh — Battle, warfare, combat, military conflictH4421 — Full Word Study → against oneעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → who putsיִתֵּ֣ןyit·tên — to give, grant, or bestowH5414 — Full Word Study → nothingלֹא־lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → inעָלָ֖יו‘ā·lāw — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → their mouthsפִּיהֶ֔םpî·hem — Mouth; lips; edge; openingH6310 — Full Word Study →: ⁶Thereforeלָכֵ֞ןlā·ḵên — so, thus, rightly, thereforeH3651 — Full Word Study → nightלַ֤יְלָהlay·lāh — Night, darkness, the period of darknessH3915 — Full Word Study → will come over you without visionsמֵֽחָז֔וֹןmê·ḥā·zō·wn — A divinely revealed vision or sightH2377 — Full Word Study →, and darknessוְחָשְׁכָ֥הwə·ḥā·šə·ḵāh — To darken, obscure, or hideH2821 — Full Word Study → without divinationמִקְּסֹ֑םmiq·qə·sōm — to divine, practice divination, or use occult meansH7080 — Full Word Study →. The sunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙haš·še·meš — The sun; sunlight; dayH8121 — Full Word Study → will setוּבָ֤אָהū·ḇā·’āh — to come, go, enter, arriveH935 — Full Word Study → onעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → these prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֔יםhan·nə·ḇî·’îm — Prophet; one who speaks God's wordH5030 — Full Word Study →, and the daylightהַיּֽוֹם׃hay·yō·wm — day; time; period; ageH3117 — Full Word Study → will turn blackוְקָדַ֥רwə·qā·ḏar — to be dark; to mourn; to grow gloomyH6937 — Full Word Study → over themעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם‘ă·lê·hem — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study →. ⁷Then the seersהַחֹזִ֗יםha·ḥō·zîm — A seer; one who sees visionsH2374 — Full Word Study → will be ashamedוּבֹ֣שׁוּū·ḇō·šū — to be ashamed; to feel shame or disgraceH954 — Full Word Study → and the divinersהַקֹּ֣סְמִ֔יםhaq·qō·sə·mîm — to divine, practice divination, or use occult meansH7080 — Full Word Study → will be disgracedוְחָֽפְרוּ֙wə·ḥā·p̄ə·rū — to be ashamed, brought to shameH2659 — Full Word Study →. They will allכֻּלָּ֑םkul·lām — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → coverוְעָט֥וּwə·‘ā·ṭū — to wrap, cover, or clotheH5844 — Full Word Study → their mouthsשָׂפָ֖םśā·p̄ām — Upper lip or mustache; beard regionH8222 — Full Word Study → becauseכִּ֛יkî — because, since, that (conjunction/reason marker)H3588 — Full Word Study → there is no answerמַעֲנֵ֖הma·‘ă·nêh — answer, response, replyH4617 — Full Word Study → from Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃’ĕ·lō·hîm — God, the divine beingH430 — Full Word Study →.” ⁸As for meאָנֹכִ֞י’ā·nō·ḵî — I, myself (first-person singular pronoun)H595 — Full Word Study →, howeverוְאוּלָ֗םwə·’ū·lām — but, however, surely, indeedH199 — Full Word Study →, I am filledמָלֵ֤אתִיmā·lê·ṯî — to fill, fulfill, completeH4390 — Full Word Study → with powerכֹ֙חַ֙ḵō·aḥ — Strength, power, might, or abilityH3581 — Full Word Study → byאֶת־’eṯ- — direct object marker; signs accusative caseH853 — Full Word Study → the Spiritר֣וּחַrū·aḥ — Spirit, breath, wind, or inner dispositionH7307 — Full Word Study → of the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →, with justiceוּמִשְׁפָּ֖טū·miš·pāṭ — Justice, judgment, or legal decisionH4941 — Full Word Study → and courageוּגְבוּרָ֑הū·ḡə·ḇū·rāh — Mighty power, strength, or valorH1369 — Full Word Study →, to declareלְהַגִּ֤ידlə·hag·gîḏ — to tell, declare, make knownH5046 — Full Word Study → to Jacobלְיַֽעֲקֹב֙lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ — He grasps the heelH3290 — Full Word Study → his transgressionפִּשְׁע֔וֹpiš·‘ōw — Willful rebellion or transgression against God's lawH6588 — Full Word Study → and to Israelוּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לū·lə·yiś·rā·’êl — God prevailsH3478 — Full Word Study → his sinחַטָּאתֽוֹ׃סḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯōw — sin; sin offering; sinfulnessH2403 — Full Word Study →. ⁹Nowנָ֣אnā — Please, I beseech, I prayH4994 — Full Word Study → hearשִׁמְעוּ־šim·‘ū- — to hear, listen, obeyH8085 — Full Word Study → thisזֹ֗אתzōṯ — This, that; demonstrative pronounH2063 — Full Word Study →, O leadersרָאשֵׁי֙rā·šê — Head; chief; beginning; topH7218 — Full Word Study → of the houseבֵּ֣יתbêṯ — A house; dwelling place; household; familyH1004 — Full Word Study → of Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya·‘ă·qōḇ — He grasps the heelH3290 — Full Word Study → and rulersוּקְצִינֵ֖יū·qə·ṣî·nê — Chief, ruler, commander, or leader in authorityH7101 — Full Word Study → of the houseבֵּ֣יתbêṯ — A house; dwelling place; household; familyH1004 — Full Word Study → of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiś·rā·’êl — God prevailsH3478 — Full Word Study →, who despiseהַֽמֲתַעֲבִ֣יםha·mă·ṯa·‘ă·ḇîm — to abhor, regard with disgust or loathingH8581 — Full Word Study → justiceמִשְׁפָּ֔טmiš·pāṭ — Justice, judgment, or legal decisionH4941 — Full Word Study → and pervertיְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃yə·‘aq·qê·šū — to twist, make crooked, pervertH6140 — Full Word Study → allכָּל־kāl- — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → that is rightהַיְשָׁרָ֖הhay·šā·rāh — upright, straight, righteous, justH3477 — Full Word Study →, ¹⁰who buildבֹּנֶ֥הbō·neh — to build, construct, establishH1129 — Full Word Study → Zionצִיּ֖וֹןṣî·yō·wn — The Lord's MountainH6726 — Full Word Study → with bloodshedבְּדָמִ֑יםbə·ḏā·mîm — blood; life force; bloodshed; guiltH1818 — Full Word Study → and Jerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םwî·rū·šā·lim — City of peaceH3389 — Full Word Study → with iniquityבְּעַוְלָֽה׃bə·‘aw·lāh — Moral evil, wickedness, unrighteousnessH5766 — Full Word Study →. ¹¹Her leadersרָאשֶׁ֣יהָ׀rā·še·hā — Head; chief; beginning; topH7218 — Full Word Study → judgeיִשְׁפֹּ֗טוּyiš·pō·ṭū — to judge, govern, or execute justiceH8199 — Full Word Study → for a bribeבְּשֹׁ֣חַדbə·šō·ḥaḏ — A bribe; a gift given to corrupt or influenceH7810 — Full Word Study →, her priestsוְכֹהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙wə·ḵō·hă·ne·hā — priest; one who serves in God's sanctuaryH3548 — Full Word Study → teachיוֹר֔וּyō·w·rū — To shoot, throw, or teach; to direct or instructH3384 — Full Word Study → for a priceבִּמְחִ֣ירbim·ḥîr — Price, cost, or value exchanged in commerceH4242 — Full Word Study →, and her prophetsוּנְבִיאֶ֖יהָū·nə·ḇî·’e·hā — Prophet; one who speaks God's wordH5030 — Full Word Study → practice divinationיִקְסֹ֑מוּyiq·sō·mū — to divine, practice divination, or use occult meansH7080 — Full Word Study → for moneyבְּכֶ֣סֶףbə·ḵe·sep̄ — Silver; money; price; valueH3701 — Full Word Study →. Yet they leanיִשָּׁעֵ֣נוּyiš·šā·‘ê·nū — To lean on, rely upon, trust inH8172 — Full Word Study → uponוְעַל־wə·‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →, sayingלֵאמֹ֔רlê·mōr — to say, speak, declareH559 — Full Word Study →, “Is notהֲל֤וֹאhă·lō·w — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study → among usבְּקִרְבֵּ֔נוּbə·qir·bê·nū — midst, inner part, heart, inward beingH7130 — Full Word Study →? Noלֹֽא־lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → disasterרָעָֽה׃rā·‘āh — evil, bad, harm, disasterH7451 — Full Word Study → can comeתָב֥וֹאṯā·ḇō·w — to come, go, enter, arriveH935 — Full Word Study → upon usעָלֵ֖ינוּ‘ā·lê·nū — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study →.” ¹²Thereforeלָכֵן֙lā·ḵên — so, thus, rightly, thereforeH3651 — Full Word Study →, because of youבִּגְלַלְכֶ֔םbiḡ·lal·ḵem — Because of, on account of, for the sake ofH1558 — Full Word Study →, Zionצִיּ֖וֹןṣî·yō·wn — The Lord's MountainH6726 — Full Word Study → will be plowedתֵֽחָרֵ֑שׁṯê·ḥā·rêš — to engrave, plow, devise, or keep silentH2790 — Full Word Study → like a fieldשָׂדֶ֣הśā·ḏeh — A field; cultivated or open landH7704 — Full Word Study →, Jerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙wî·rū·šā·lim — City of peaceH3389 — Full Word Study → will becomeתִּֽהְיֶ֔הtih·yeh — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → a heap of rubbleעִיִּ֣ין‘î·yîn — heap of ruins; desolate placeH5856 — Full Word Study →, and the templeהַבַּ֖יִתhab·ba·yiṯ — A house; dwelling place; household; familyH1004 — Full Word Study → mountוְהַ֥רwə·har — Mountain, hill, or elevated land massH2022 — Full Word Study → a woodedיָֽעַר׃פyā·‘ar — Forest; woodland; honeycombH3293 — Full Word Study → ridgeלְבָמ֥וֹתlə·ḇā·mō·wṯ — High place; elevated worship siteH1116 — Full Word Study →.