Michea 3
La Nuova Diodati
3 Io dissi: «Deh, ascoltate o capi di Giacobbe, e voi governanti della casa d'Israele: Non spetta forse a voi conoscere l'equità?
2 Voi che odiate il bene e amate il male, che strappate loro la pelle di dosso e la carne dalle loro ossa.
3 Essi divorano la carne del mio popolo, gli strappano la pelle di dosso, gli rompono le ossa e lo tagliano a pezzi come se dovesse andare in pentola, come carne da mettere nella caldaia.
4 Allora grideranno all'Eterno, ma egli non risponderà loro; in quel tempo egli nasconderà loro la sua faccia, perché sono stati malvagi nelle loro azioni.
5 Cosí dice l'Eterno riguardo ai profeti che fanno sviare il mio popolo, che gridano: "Pace" se hanno qualcosa da mordere fra i denti, ma dichiarano la guerra a chi non mette loro niente in bocca.
6 Perciò avrete notte senza visione, e avrete tenebre senza divinazione, il sole tramonterà su questi profeti e il giorno si oscurerà su di loro.
7 I veggenti saranno ricoperti di vergogna e gli indovini arrossiranno; si copriranno tutti quanti la barba, perché non ci sarà alcuna risposta da DIO».
8 Io invece sono ripieno di forza dello Spirito dell'Eterno, di giustizia e potenza, per far conoscere a Giacobbe la sua trasgressione e a Israele il suo peccato.
9 Deh, ascoltate questo, o capi della casa di Giacobbe e governanti della casa d'Israele, che abborrite la giustizia e pervertite tutto ciò che è retto,
10 che edificate Sion con il sangue e Gerusalemme, con l'iniquità.
11 I suoi capi giudicano per un dono, i suoi sacerdoti insegnano per un salario, i suoi profeti compiono divinazioni per denaro; tuttavia si appoggiano all'Eterno e dicono: «Non è forse l'Eterno in mezzo a noi? Non ci verrà addosso alcuna sventura».
12 Perciò, per causa vostra, Sion sarà arata come un campo, Gerusalemme diventerà un mucchio di rovine e il monte del tempio un'altura boscosa.
Micah 3
Young's Literal Translation
3 And I say, `Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?
2 Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
3 And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread [them] out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.
4 Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.
5 Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried `Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.
6 Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.
7 And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.
8 And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.
9 Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.
10 Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'
12 Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house [is] for high places of a forest!
Micah 3
King James Version
3 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?
2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
8 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.
9 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.
10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 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.
12 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.
Micah 3
1599 Geneva Bible
3 1 Against the tyranny of princes and false prophets.
1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel: should not ye know [a]judgment?
2 But they hate the good, and love the evil: [b]they pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones.
3 And they eat also the flesh of my people, and flay off their skin from them, and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
4 Then [c]shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their works.
5 Thus saith the Lord, Concerning the prophets that deceive my people, and [d]bite them with their teeth, and cry, peace, but if a man put not into their mouths, they prepare war against him.
6 Therefore [e]night shall be unto you for a vision, and darkness shall be unto you for a divination, and the Sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
7 Then shall the Seers be ashamed, and the Soothsayers confounded: yea, they shall all cover [f]their lips, for they have none answer of God.
8 Yet notwithstanding I am full [g]of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of strength to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: they abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
10 They build up Zion with [h]blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity,
11 The heads thereof judge for rewards, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof prophesy for money: yet will they [i]lean upon the Lord and say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil can come upon us.
12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be [j]plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be an heap, and the mountain of the house, as the high places of the forest.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:1 That thing which is just and lawful, both to govern my people aright, and also to discharge your own conscience.
- Micah 3:2 The Prophet condemneth the wicked governors not only of covetousness, theft, and murder, but compareth them to wolves, lions, and most cruel beasts.
- Micah 3:4 That is, when I shall visit their wickedness: for though I hear the godly before they cry, Isa. 65:24, yet I will not hear these though they cry, Isa. 1:15 and Ezek. 8:18; James 2:13; 1 Pet. 3:11, 12.
- Micah 3:5 They devour all their substance, and then flatter them, promising that all shall go well, but if one restrain from their bellies, then they invent all ways to mischief.
- Micah 3:6 As you have loved to walk in darkness, and to prophesy lies, so God shall reward you with gross blindness and ignorance, so that when all others shall see the bright beams of God’s graces, ye shall as blind men grope as in the night.
- Micah 3:7 When God shall discover them to the world, they shall be afraid to speak: for all shall know that they were but false prophets, and did belie the word of God.
- Micah 3:8 The Prophet being assured of his vocation by the Spirit of God, setteth himself alone against all the wicked, showing how God both gave him gifts, ability and knowledge, to discern between good and evil, and also constancy to reprove the sins of the people, and not to flatter them.
- Micah 3:10 They build them houses by bribery, which he calleth blood and iniquity.
- Micah 3:11 They will say, that they are the people of God, and abuse his Name, as a pretence to cloak their hypocrisy.
- Micah 3:12 Read Jer. 26:18.
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