Micah 3:4 “Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At th…”

Micah 3:4

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then shall they crye vnto the Lord, but he will not heare them: he wil euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

Bible in Basic English

Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.

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Cross references

“Then”

Jeremiah 5:31 Micah 2:3 Micah 2:4

Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

Micah 2:3 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

Micah 2:4 · BSB

In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields t…

“cry”

Proverbs 1:28 Isaiah 1:15 Psalm 18:41 Ezekiel 8:18 Matthew 7:22 Zechariah 7:13

Proverbs 1:28 · BSB

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Isaiah 1:15 · BSB

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.

Psalm 18:41 · BSB

They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.

Ezekiel 8:18 · BSB

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.”

Matthew 7:22 · BSB

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?’

Zechariah 7:13 · BSB

And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

“he will even”

Isaiah 59:1–15 Jeremiah 33:5 Deuteronomy 31:17 Deuteronomy 31:18 Deuteronomy 32:19 Deuteronomy 32:20

Isaiah 59:1–15 · BSB

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

Jeremiah 33:5 · BSB

The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.

Deuteronomy 31:17 · BSB

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 the…

Deuteronomy 31:18 · BSB

And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

Deuteronomy 32:19 · BSB

When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

Deuteronomy 32:20 · BSB

He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.

“as”

Isaiah 3:11 Romans 2:8 Romans 2:9

Isaiah 3:11 · BSB

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Romans 2:8 · BSB

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

Romans 2:9 · BSB

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3You 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.”

5This 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:

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