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Micah 3:4

Good News Translation

The time is coming when you will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer you. He will not listen to your prayers, for you have done evil.

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When trouble comes, will God hear their cries?

It is useless for them to cry out; Almighty God does not see or hear them.

They cry for help, but no one saves them; they call to the Lord, but he does not answer.

Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me.

If you do not obey the law, God will find your prayers too hateful to hear.

“When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.

But evil people are doomed; what they have done to others will now be done to them.

So now I, the Lord, warn them that I am going to bring destruction on them, and they will not escape. And when they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

Even if they fast, I will not listen to their cry for help; and even if they offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not be pleased with them. Instead, I will kill them in war and by starvation and disease.”

Some will fight against the Babylonians, who will fill the houses with the corpses of those whom I am going to strike down in my anger and fury. I have turned away from this city because of the evil things that its people have done.

prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?”

They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy. They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can, but I will not listen to them.”

Those who predict the future will be disgraced by their failure. They will all be humiliated because God does not answer them.

But the earth will become a desert because of the wickedness of those who live on it.

Because they did not listen when I spoke, I did not answer when they prayed.

When the Judgment Day comes, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord! In your name we spoke God's message, by your name we drove out many demons and performed many miracles!’

The master of the house will get up and close the door; then when you stand outside and begin to knock on the door and say, ‘Open the door for us, sir!’ he will answer you, ‘I don't know where you come from!’

We know that God does not listen to sinners; he does listen to people who respect him and do what he wants them to do.

For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.

When that time comes, you will complain bitterly because of your king, whom you yourselves chose, but the Lord will not listen to your complaints.”




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