Micah 3
- 1And I said, Hear, I ask you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know judgment?
- 2Who hate the good, and love the evil. Who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones.
- 3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and skin their skin from off them. And they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the pot.
- 4Then they shall cry to 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 actions.
- 5The Lord says this about the prophets who make my people go astray, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace. And he who does not put into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
- 6Therefore night shall be to you, that you shall not have a vision. And it shall be dark to you, so that you cannot tell the future. And the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
- 7Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the fortune-tellers put to shame: yes, they shall all cover their lips. For there is no answer of God.
- 8But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his rebellion, and to Israel his sin.
- 9Hear this, I ask you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that hate judgment, and pervert all equity.
- 10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with wrongdoing.
- 11Its heads judge for reward, and its priests teach for hire, and its prophets divine for money: yet will they lean on the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? None evil can come on us.
- 12Therefore 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.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Micah 3 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd I said, Hear, I ask you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know judgment?
KJVWho hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
GIGAKJVWho hate the good, and love the evil. Who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones.
KJVWho 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.
GIGAKJVWho also eat the flesh of my people, and skin their skin from off them. And they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the pot.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen they shall cry to 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 actions.
KJVThus 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.
GIGAKJVThe Lord says this about the prophets who make my people go astray, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace. And he who does not put into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore night shall be to you, that you shall not have a vision. And it shall be dark to you, so that you cannot tell the future. And the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
KJVThen shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
GIGAKJVThen shall the seers be ashamed, and the fortune-tellers put to shame: yes, they shall all cover their lips. For there is no answer of God.
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his rebellion, and to Israel his sin.
KJVHear 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.
GIGAKJVHear this, I ask you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that hate judgment, and pervert all equity.
KJVThey build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
GIGAKJVThey build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with wrongdoing.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVIts heads judge for reward, and its priests teach for hire, and its prophets divine for money: yet will they lean on the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? None evil can come on us.
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