{"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/kjv/micah/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:46:13.264Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; <i>Is it</i> not for you to know judgment?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore night <i>shall be</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for <i>there is</i> no answer of God."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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, <i>Is</i> not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed <i>as</i> a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest."}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[Micah 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/micah/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/micah/3 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}