Micah 3:1,9 - Compare All Versions

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Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice

Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right

And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?

Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight

I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong

Listen to me, you leaders of Israel! You hate justice and twist all that is right.

Then I said, “Now listen,  leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?

Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob,  you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice  and pervert everything that is right

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

And I said: “Hear now, O heads of Jacob, And you rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice?

Now hear this, You heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who abhor justice And pervert all equity

Then I said: “Listen, leaders of Jacob, leaders of Israel: Don’t you know anything of justice? Haters of good, lovers of evil: Isn’t justice in your job description? But you skin my people alive. You rip the meat off their bones. You break up the bones, chop the meat, and throw it in a pot for cannibal stew.”

The leaders of Jacob and the leaders of Israel are Leaders contemptuous of justice, who twist and distort right living, Leaders who build Zion by killing people, who expand Jerusalem by committing crimes. Judges sell verdicts to the highest bidder, priests mass-market their teaching, prophets preach for high fees, All the while posturing and pretending dependence on GOD: “We’ve got GOD on our side. He’ll protect us from disaster.” Because of people like you, Zion will be turned back into farmland, Jerusalem end up as a pile of rubble, and instead of the Temple on the mountain, a few scraggly scrub pines.

And I said, “Hear now, you leaders of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice?

Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who despise justice And twist everything that is straight

And I said, “Hear now, heads of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know and administer justice?

Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who hate and reject justice And twist everything that is straight

I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just

Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.