Micah 3:4

Micah 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they will cry to the Lord, But He will not hear them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, Because they have been evil in their deeds.

Context of Micah 3:4

2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. 3You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.” Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done. 5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths: 6Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

Micah 3:4 word by word

אָ֚ז יִזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲנֶ֖ה אוֹתָ֑ם וְיַסְתֵּ֨ר פָּנָ֤יו מֵהֶם֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵרֵ֖עוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

• Thenאָז'âz · thenH227
• they will cry outזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• but He will notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• themאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• At thatהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• He will hideסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• His faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• because ofכַּאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · as whichH834
• the evilרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• they have doneמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611

Cross-references for Micah 3:4

• Micah 2:3Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
• Psalms 18:41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
• Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
• Proverbs 28:9Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
• Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
• Jeremiah 2:27say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
• Zechariah 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
• Matthew 7:22Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
• Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
• John 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
• James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Deuteronomy 31:17On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
• Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
• Isaiah 59:1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

Commentaries on Micah 3:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Then shall they cry - When calamity comes upon these oppressors, they shall cry for deliverance: but they shall not be heard; because, in their unjust exactions upon the people, they went on ruthlessly, and would not hear the cry of the oppressed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Then shall they cry unto the Lord - “Then.” The prophet looks on to the Day of the Lord, which is always before his mind. So the Psalmist, speaking of a time or place not expressed, says, “There were they in great fear” Psalm 53:5. He sees it, points to it, as seeing what those to whom he spoke, saw not, and the more awfully, because he saw, with superhuman (certain) vision, what was “hidden from their eyes.” The then was not then, “in the time of grace,”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Then: Even after oppressing the Lord's people, the leaders selfishly asked the Lord for help.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Then--at the time of judgment, which Micah takes for granted, so certain is it (compare Mi 2:3). they cry ... but he will not hear--just as those oppressed by them had formerly cried, and they would not hear. Their prayer shall be rejected, because it is the mere cry of nature for deliverance from pain, not that of repentance for deliverance from sin. ill in their doings--Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well.Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 3:4

• Church
• Government
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Divine
• Pluck
• Teach
• Cry, Crying
• Face
• Micah (2)

Commentaries on Micah 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings