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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to answer? After all the evil you have done, he won’t even look at you!”

Context of Micah 3:4

2you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones; 3who eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?” 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, they proclaim ‘peace’ if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them. 6Therefore night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark for 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

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: “I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. 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 1:28“Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me,
• Proverbs 28:9If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
• Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!
• Jeremiah 2:27They say to wood, ‘You are my father,’ and to stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to me and not their faces; yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
• Zechariah 7:13“ ‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the Lord Almighty.
• 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 in your name perform many miracles?’
• Luke 13:25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
• John 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.
• James 2:13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Deuteronomy 31:17And in that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’
• Deuteronomy 32:19The Lord saw this and rejected them because he was angered 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

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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