Then I remonstrated with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing which you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?
Micah 3:9 - Revised Standard Version Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert all equity, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor and reject justice and pervert all equity, American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel, you who reject justice and make crooked all that is straight, Catholic Public Domain Version Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and judges of the house of Israel, you who abominate judgment and who pervert all that is right. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment, and pervert all that is right. |
Then I remonstrated with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing which you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?
Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt;
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of wickedness; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant,
O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?—
“ ‘Cursed be he who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’