Micah 3:6 “Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness witho…”

Micah 3:6

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore night shalbe vnto you for a vision, and darkenesse shalbe vnto you for a diuination, and the sunne shall goe downe ouer the prophets, and the day shalbe darke ouer them.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.

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Cross references

“night”

Isaiah 8:20–22 Psalm 74:9 Jeremiah 13:16 Zechariah 13:2–4 Ezekiel 13:22 Ezekiel 13:23

Isaiah 8:20–22 · BSB

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

Psalm 74:9 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 13:16 · BSB

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.

Zechariah 13:2–4 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 13:22 · BSB

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,

Ezekiel 13:23 · BSB

therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

“that ye shall not have a vision”

Isaiah 29:10 Isaiah 59:10 Jeremiah 15:9 Amos 8:9 Amos 8:10

Isaiah 29:10 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 59:10 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 15:9 · BSB

The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,”…

Amos 8:9 · BSB

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.

Amos 8:10 · BSB

I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like…

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

In context

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:

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

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