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Micah 3:6

Justice

4 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:

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.

7 Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”

8 As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

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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.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
“Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
ASV
Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
DARBY
therefore ye shall have night without a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, without divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
BLB
“Therefore a night [is] unto you⁺ without a vision, and it will grow dark for you⁺ without divination, and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
ÅB
Derfor skal det bli natt for dere, uten syner,
og mørke, uten spådom.
Solen skal gå ned over profetene,
og dagen bli svart over dem.
OTB
Derfor skal det bli natt for dere—uten syn,
Og mørke for dere—uten spådom.
Solen skal gå ned over profetene,
Og dagen skal bli mørk over dem.
B1930
Derfor skal det bli natt for eder uten syner, og mørke uten spådom; solen skal gå ned over profetene, og dagen bli sort over dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 8:20–22

    To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

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  • Isaiah 29:10

    For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

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  • Amos 8:9–10

    And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

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  • Isaiah 59:10

    Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.

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  • Jeremiah 13:16

    Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

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  • Zechariah 13:2–4

    And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

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  • Psalms 74:9

    There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

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  • Ezekiel 13:22–23

    Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

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