Micah:3

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* And I said , Hear , I pray you , O heads of Jacob Ya #aqob #, and ye princes of the house of Israel Yisra #el #; Is it not for you to know judgment ? * Who hate the good , and love the evil ; who pluck off their skin from off them , and their flesh from off their bones ; * Who also eat the flesh of my people , and flay their skin from off them ; and they break their bones , and chop them in pieces , as for the pot , and as flesh within the caldron . * Then shall they cry unto the LORD , but he will not hear them : he will even hide his face from them at that time , as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings ma #alal #. * Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err , that bite with their teeth , and cry , Peace ; and he that putteth not into their mouths , they even prepare war against him . * Therefore night shall be unto you , that ye shall not have a vision ; and it shall be dark unto you , that ye shall not divine ; and the sun shall go down over the prophets , and the day shall be dark over them . * Then shall the seers be ashamed , and the diviners confounded : yea , they shall all cover their lips ; for there is no answer of God . * But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD , and of judgment , and of might , to declare unto Jacob his transgression , and to Israel his sin chatta #ah #. * Hear this , I pray you , ye heads of the house of Jacob Ya #aqob #, and princes of the house of Israel Yisra #el #, that abhor judgment , and pervert all equity . * They build up Zion with blood , and Jerusalem with iniquity . * The heads thereof judge for reward , and the priests thereof teach for hire , and the prophets thereof divine for money : yet will they lean upon the LORD , and say , Is not the LORD among us ? none evil can come upon us . * Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field , and Jerusalem shall become heaps , and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest ya #ar #.

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