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MICAH
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- And they break their bones,
- And chop them in pieces, as for the pot,
- And as flesh within the caldron.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded:
- Yea, they shall all cover their lips;
- For there is no answer of God.
- 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.
- Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob,
- And princes of the house of Israel,
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