Micah:3

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* And he shall say , Hear now these words , ye heads of the house of Jacob , and ye remnant of the house of Israel ; is it not for you to know judgement ? * who hate good , and seek evil ; who tear their skins off them , and their flesh off their bones : * even as they devoured the flesh of my people , and stripped their skins off them , and broke their bones , and divided them as flesh for the caldron , and as meat for the (note :)Or , tub (:note ) pot , * thus they shall cry to the Lord , but he shall not hearken to them ; and he shall turn away his face from them at that time , because they have done wickedly in their practices against themselves . * Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that lead my people astray , that bit with their teeth , and proclaim peace to them ; and when nothing was put into their mouth , they raised up war against them : * therefore there shall be night to you (note :)Gr . out of (:note ) instead of a vision , and there shall be to you darkness instead of prophecy ; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets , and the day shall be dark upon them . * And the seers of night-visions shall be ashamed , and the prophets shall be laughed to scorn : and all (note :)Gr . they (:note ) the people shall speak against them , because there shall be none to hearken to them . * Surely I will strengthen myself with the Spirit of the Lord , and of judgement , and of power , to declare to Jacob his transgressions , and to Israel his sins . * Hear now these words , ye chiefs of the house of Jacob , and the remnant of the house of Israel , who hate judgement , and pervert all righteousness ; * who build up Sion with blood , and Jerusalem with iniquity . * The heads thereof have judged for gifts , and the priests thereof have answered for hire , and her prophets have divined for silver : and yet they have rested on the Lord , saying , Is not the Lord among us ? no evil shall come upon us . * Therefore on your account Sion shall be ploughed as a field , and Jerusalem shall be as a storehouse of fruits , and the mountain of the house as a grove of the forest .

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