## Micah Chapter 3

###### Micah 3:1
[Micah 3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:1)

וָאֹמַ֗ר שִׁמְעוּ־נָא֙ רָאשֵׁ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּקְצִינֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֲל֣וֹא לָכֶ֔ם לָדַ֖עַת אֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Ya῾aqov, and you rulers of the house of Yisra᾽el; Is it not for you to know justice?


###### Micah 3:2
[Micah 3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:2)

שֹׂ֥נְאֵי ט֖וֹב וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי (רעה) [רָ֑ע] גֹּזְלֵ֤י עוֹרָם֙ מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם מֵעַ֥ל עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;


###### Micah 3:3
[Micah 3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:3)

וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר אָכְלוּ֮ שְׁאֵ֣ר עַמִּי֒ וְעוֹרָם֙ מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם הִפְשִׁ֔יטוּ וְאֶת־עַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖ם פִּצֵּ֑חוּ וּפָֽרְשׂוּ֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּסִּ֔יר וּכְבָשָׂ֖ר בְּת֥וֹךְ קַלָּֽחַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and like meat within the cauldron.


###### Micah 3:4
[Micah 3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:4)

אָ֚ז יִזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲנֶ֖ה אוֹתָ֑ם וְיַסְתֵּ֨ר פָּנָ֤יו מֵהֶם֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵרֵ֖עוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then shall they cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.


###### Micah 3:5
[Micah 3:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:5)

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה עַל־הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים הַמַּתְעִ֣ים אֶת־עַמִּ֑י הַנֹּשְׁכִ֤ים בְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם֙ וְקָרְא֣וּ שָׁל֔וֹם וַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ לֹא־יִתֵּ֣ן עַל־פִּיהֶ֔ם וְקִדְּשׁ֥וּ עָלָ֖יו מִלְחָמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoever puts nothing into their mouths, they prepare war against him.


###### Micah 3:6
[Micah 3:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:6)

לָכֵ֞ן לַ֤יְלָה לָכֶם֙ מֵֽחָז֔וֹן וְחָשְׁכָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם מִקְּסֹ֑ם וּבָ֤אָה הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ עַל־הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים וְקָדַ֥ר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַיּֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore it shall be night for you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark for you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.


###### Micah 3:7
[Micah 3:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:7)

וּבֹ֣שׁוּ הַחֹזִ֗ים וְחָֽפְרוּ֙ הַקֹּ֣סְמִ֔ים וְעָט֥וּ עַל־שָׂפָ֖ם כֻּלָּ֑ם כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין מַעֲנֵ֖ה אֱלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then shall the seers be put to shame, and the magicians confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.


###### Micah 3:8
[Micah 3:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:8)

וְאוּלָ֗ם אָנֹכִ֞י מָלֵ֤אתִי כֹ֙חַ֙ אֶת־ר֣וּחַ יְהֹוָ֔ה וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּגְבוּרָ֑ה לְהַגִּ֤יד לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙ פִּשְׁע֔וֹ וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חַטָּאתֽוֹ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Ya῾aqov his transgression, and to Yisra᾽el his sin.


###### Micah 3:9
[Micah 3:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:9)

שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֣א זֹ֗את רָאשֵׁי֙ בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּקְצִינֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הַֽמְתַעֲבִ֣ים מִשְׁפָּ֔ט וְאֵ֥ת כׇּל־הַיְשָׁרָ֖ה יְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Ya῾aqov, and rulers of the house of Yisra᾽el, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity;


###### Micah 3:10
[Micah 3:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:10)

בֹּנֶ֥ה צִיּ֖וֹן בְּדָמִ֑ים וִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּעַוְלָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that build up Żiyyon with blood, and Yerushalayim with iniquity.


###### Micah 3:11
[Micah 3:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:11)

רָאשֶׁ֣יהָ**׀** בְּשֹׁ֣חַד יִשְׁפֹּ֗טוּ וְכֹהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ בִּמְחִ֣יר יוֹר֔וּ וּנְבִיאֶ֖יהָ בְּכֶ֣סֶף יִקְסֹ֑מוּ וְעַל־יְהֹוָה֙ יִשָּׁעֵ֣נוּ לֵאמֹ֔ר הֲל֤וֹא יְהֹוָה֙ בְּקִרְבֵּ֔נוּ לֹֽא־תָב֥וֹא עָלֵ֖ינוּ רָעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priest thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil can come upon us.


###### Micah 3:12
[Micah 3:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Micah/r/3:12)

לָכֵן֙ בִּגְלַלְכֶ֔ם צִיּ֖וֹן שָׂדֶ֣ה תֵֽחָרֵ֑שׁ וִירוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ עִיִּ֣ין תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְהַ֥ר הַבַּ֖יִת לְבָמ֥וֹת יָֽעַר׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore shall Żiyyon for your sake be ploughed like a field, and Yerushalayim shall become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the house like the high places of the forest.