Micah 3:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then will they cry to the Lord, but He will not answer them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil. [Isa. 1:15.] American Standard Version (1901) Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings. Common English Bible Then they will cry out to the LORD, but he won’t answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because of their evil deeds. Catholic Public Domain Version Then they will cry out to the Lord, and he will not heed them. And he will hide his face from them in that time, just as they have acted wickedly with their inventions. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices. |
Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
They cried, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he didn't answer them.
Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not listen to them.
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
while [men] come to fight with the Kasdim, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the Kohanim bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end of it?
Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.*
Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen,* said the LORD of Armies;
Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.