{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/micah/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:21:16.902Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Micah","bookSlug":"micah","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":7,"totalVerses":12},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And I said: Hear, O ye princes of Jacob, and ye chiefs of the house of Israel: Is it not your part to know judgment, "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones? "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin from off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not something into their mouth, they prepare war against him. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore night shall be to you instead of vision, and darkness to you instead of divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be darkened over them. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And they shall be confounded that see visions, and the diviners shall be confounded: and they shall all cover their faces, because there is no answer of God. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But yet I am filled with the strength of the spirit of the Lord, with judgment, and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness, and to Israel his sin. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment, and pervert all that is right. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Her princes have judged for bribes, and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore, because of you, Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a heap of stones, and the mountain of the temple as the high places of the forests. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 3 (DRB)","markdown":"[Micah 3](https://primebible.com/drb/micah/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/micah/3 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}