And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
Micah 6:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The voice of the LORD crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The voice of the Lord calls to the city [Jerusalem]–and it is sound wisdom to hear and fear Your name–Hear (heed) the rod and Him Who has appointed it. American Standard Version (1901) The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. Common English Bible The voice of the LORD calls out to the city; wisdom appears when one fears your name. Hear, tribe, and who appointed her! Catholic Public Domain Version The voice of the Lord cries out to the city, "Listen, you tribes," and who will confirm it? And salvation will be for those who fear your name. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The voice of the Lord crieth to the city, and salvation shall be to them that fear thy name: hear, O ye tribes, and who shall approve it? |
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Whoso is wise shall give heed to these things, And they shall consider the mercies of the LORD.
As is thy name, O God, So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
That they may know that thou alone, Whose name is jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.
The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgement: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
LORD, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be ashamed; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
For the defenced city is solitary, an habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire:
A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
Yet the people hath not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought the LORD of hosts.
Micaiah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
How canst thou be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given thee a charge? against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.
And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring upon thee according to thy ways, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I the LORD do smite.
Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, mad the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.