Micah 3

3^*And I said, ^aHear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob,

^aAnd ye ^bprinces of the house of Israel;

^cIs it not for you ^dto know judgment?

²Who hate the good, and love the evil;

^eWho pluck off their skin from off them,

And their flesh from off their bones;

^3eWho also ^feat the flesh of my people,

And flay their skin from off them;

And ^gthey break their bones,

And ^hchop them in pieces, as for the pot,

And ⁱas flesh within ^kthe caldron.

^4lThen shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them:

^mHe will even hide his face from them at that time,

As they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

⁵Thus saith the Lord concerning ^nothe prophets that make my people err,

^pThat bite with their teeth, and ^nqcry, Peace;

And ^rhe that putteth not into their mouths,

They even ^sprepare war against him.

⁶Therefore ^tnight shall be unto you, ^u†that ye shall not have a vision;

And ^uit shall be dark unto you, ^t†that ye shall not ^vdivine;

And ^wthe sun shall go down over the prophets,

And ^wthe day shall be dark over them.

⁷Then shall the seers ^xbe ashamed, and ^vxthe diviners ^xconfounded:

Yea, they shall all ^ycover their ^†lips;

For ^zthere is no answer of God.

⁸But truly ^aI am full of power by the spirit of the Lord,

And of judgment, and of might,

^bTo declare unto Jacob his transgression,

^bAnd to Israel his sin.

^9cHear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob,

^cAnd princes of the house of Israel,

That abhor judgment, and ^dpervert all equity.

^10eThey build up Zion ^fwith ^†blood,

And Jerusalem with iniquity.

^11gThe heads thereof judge for reward,

And ^hthe priests thereof teach for hire,

And ^hithe prophets thereof ^vdivine for money:

Yet will they ^klean upon the Lord, ^†and say,

^lIs not the Lord among us?

^mNone evil can come upon us.

¹²Therefore ⁿshall Zion ⁿⁿfor your sake be plowed as a field,

^noAnd Jerusalem shall become heaps,

ⁿAnd ^pthe mountain of the house ^qas the high places of the forest.