We do not see our signs. No longer is there any prophet— and no one among us knows how long.
Micah 3:7 - Tree of Life Version So the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be abashed. Indeed all of them will cover their lips, for there will be no answer from God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the seers shall be put to shame and the diviners shall blush and be confounded; yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God. American Standard Version (1901) And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. Common English Bible Those seeing visions will be ashamed, and the diviners disgraced; they will all cover their upper lips, for there will be no answer from God. Catholic Public Domain Version And those who see visions will be confounded, and the diviners will be confounded. And they will all cover their faces, because there is no response from God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they shall be confounded that see visions, and the diviners shall be confounded: and they shall all cover their faces, because there is no answer of God. |
We do not see our signs. No longer is there any prophet— and no one among us knows how long.
Moreover, the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, because they were on the magicians, as on all the Egyptians.
causing the omens of boasters to fail, making fools of diviners, turning wise men backward and making their knowledge foolish,
Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of his words.”
Sigh silently, do not observe mourning for the dead, keep your turban fastened, and keep your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners.”
You will do just as I have done: you will not cover your upper lips or eat the bread of mourners.
“The one with tza'arat who has the plague-mark shall wear torn clothes, the hair of his head is to hang loose, he is to cover his upper lip and cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
“Behold, days are coming” —declares my Lord Adonai— “when I will send a famine on the land —not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Adonai.
Then they will cry out to Adonai, but He will not answer them. Thus He will hide His face from them at that time, because of their evil deeds.
Nations will see and be put to shame despite all their might. They will put a hand on their mouth, their ears will be deaf.
Therefore in that day each ‘prophet’ will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will no longer wear a hairy mantle in order to deceive
So Saul inquired of God, “Should I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But He did not answer him that day.
Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I’m in great distress,” Saul answered. “The Philistines are waging war against me, and God has turned away from me—He doesn’t answer me anymore, whether by prophets or by dreams. So I called you up to tell me what I should do.”
When Saul inquired of Adonai, Adonai did not answer, neither by dreams nor by Urim or prophets.
(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, “Come, let’s go to the seer”—for today’s prophet was formerly called a seer.)