Micah 3:4

² You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

³ You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

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.

⁵ This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

⁶ Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”
ASV: Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
DARBY: Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
BLB: Then they will cry to YHWH, and He will not answer them; and He will hide His face from them at that time, because their deeds have been evil.

ÅB: Da[^1] skal de rope til Herren,
men han skal ikke svare dem.
Han skal skjule ansiktet sitt for dem
for det onde de har gjort.
OTB: Da vil de rope til Herren,
Men Han vil ikke svare dem.
I stedet vil Han vende sitt ansikt bort fra dem på den tiden
Fordi de har drevet med onde handlinger.
B1930: Da skal de rope til Herren, men han skal ikke svare dem; han skal skjule sitt åsyn for dem på den tid for deres onde gjerningers skyld! / < MIK 2, 3.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
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Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
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Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
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Psalms 18:41
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
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Deuteronomy 32:19–20
When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
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Matthew 7:22
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
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Deuteronomy 31:17–18
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
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James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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