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

2yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones. 3You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot – like meat in a kettle. Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.” 5This is what the Lord says: “The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him. 6Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

Micah 3:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then shall they cryזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• but he will not hearעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• them: he will even hideסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• from them at that timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• as they have behaved themselves illרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• in their doingsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611

Cross-references for Micah 3:4

• Micah 2:3Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
• Psalms 18:41They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them.
• Proverbs 1:28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
• Proverbs 28:9The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
• Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
• Jeremiah 2:27They say to a wooden idol, ‘You are my father.’ They say to a stone image, ‘You gave birth to me.’ Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
• Zechariah 7:13“‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the Lord Lord who rules over all had said.
• Matthew 7:22On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?’
• Luke 13:25Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’
• John 9:31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.
• James 2:13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Deuteronomy 31:17At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?’
• Deuteronomy 32:19But the Lord took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him.
• Isaiah 59:1Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.

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