Micah 3:7

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

Micah 3:7 in Other Translations

KJV
7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
ESV
7 the seers shall be disgraced, and the diviners put to shame; they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.
NLT
7 Then you seers will be put to shame, and you fortune-tellers will be disgraced. And you will cover your faces because there is no answer from God.”
MSG
7 Visionaries will be confused, experts will be all mixed up. They'll hide behind their reputations and make lame excuses to cover up their God-ignorance."
CSB
7 Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners disappointed. They will all cover their mouths because there will be no answer from God.

Micah 3:7 In-Context

5 This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim ‘peace’ if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them.
6 Therefore night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark for them.
7 The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced. They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God.”
8 But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his sin.
9 Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right;

Cross References 5

  • 1. S Jeremiah 6:15; Micah 7:16
  • 2. S Isaiah 44:25
  • 3. S Esther 6:12
  • 4. S Leviticus 13:45
  • 5. S Ezekiel 20:3
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