Micah 3:9 “Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house…”

Micah 3:9

Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

World English Bible

Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity,

American Standard Version

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare this, I pray you, ye heades of the house of Iaakob, and princes of the house of Israel: they abhorre iudgement, and peruert all equitie.

Darby Translation

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity,

Young's Literal Translation

Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.

Bible in Basic English

Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.

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Cross references

“I pray”

Micah 3:1 Exodus 3:16 Hosea 5:1

Micah 3:1 · BSB

Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

Exodus 3:16 · BSB

Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to yo…

Hosea 5:1 · BSB

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

“that”

Isaiah 1:23 Proverbs 17:15 Deuteronomy 27:19 Leviticus 26:15 Jeremiah 5:28 Psalm 58:1

Isaiah 1:23 · BSB

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Proverbs 17:15 · BSB

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 27:19 · BSB

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Leviticus 26:15 · BSB

and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,

Jeremiah 5:28 · BSB

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Psalm 58:1 · BSB

Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

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

In context

8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.

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