Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that y’all are doing, by profaning the Sabbath day?
Micah 3:9 - Y'all Version Bible Y’all listen to this, heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and twist everything right, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that y’all are doing, by profaning the Sabbath day?
You are to go and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘YHWH, the God of y’all’s ancestors, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have watched-watched y’all and have seen what has been done to y’all in Egypt.
The one who justifies the wicked and the one who condemns the righteous, both of them are an abomination to YHWH.
A wicked person receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.
They will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
“Priests, y’all must listen to this! House of Israel, y’all must pay attention! House of the king, y’all must open your ears! For the judgment is against y’all; because y’all have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
and if y’all reject my statutes, and if y’all’s soul abhors my ordinances and won’t do all my commandments, and y’all break my covenant,
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
The word of YHWH that came to Micah of Morasheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
I said, “Y’all must listen now, heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Shouldn’t y’all know justice?
‘Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ All the people will say, ‘Amen.’