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Micah 3

Mic. 3:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then shall they cry
za`aq (Hebrew #2199)
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
KJV usage: assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
Pronounce: zaw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, butm he will not hear
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
them: he will even hide
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
his face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
from them at that time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
, as they have behaved themselves ill
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
in their doings
ma`alal (Hebrew #4611)
an act (good or bad)
KJV usage: doing, endeavour, invention, work.
Pronounce: mah-al-awl'
Origin: from 5953
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Prov. 1:28• 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;{HR}They will seek me diligently but shall not find me. (Prov. 1:28)

Cross References

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Mic. 2:3‑4• 3{i}Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time.{/i}
 4{i}In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.{/i} (Mic. 2:3‑4)
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Jer. 5:31• 31{i}the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?{/i} (Jer. 5:31)
cry.
Psa. 18:41• 41They cry for help, but there is no deliverer—{HR}Unto Jehovah, but be answereth them not. (Psa. 18:41)
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Prov. 1:28• 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;{HR}They will seek me diligently but shall not find me. (Prov. 1:28)
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Prov. 28:9• 9{i}He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,{HR}Even his prayer is an abomination.{/i} (Prov. 28:9)
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Isa. 1:15• 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:15)
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Jer. 2:27‑28• 27{i}saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!{/i}
 28{i}Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah.{/i} (Jer. 2:27‑28)
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Ezek. 8:18• 18Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. (Ezek. 8:18)
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Zech. 7:13• 13{i}And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts;{/i} (Zech. 7:13)
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Matt. 7:22• 22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many works of power? (Matt. 7:22)
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Luke 13:25• 25From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up, and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: (Luke 13:25)
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John 9:31• 31We know that God heareth not sinners, but if anyone be God-fearing, and do his will, him he heareth. (John 9:31)
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James 2:13• 13for the judgment [is] merciless to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth over judgment. (James 2:13)
he will even.
Deut. 31:17‑18• 17{i}And my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, and they will say in that day, Have not these evils befallen me because my God is not in my midst?{/i}
 18{i}And I will entirely hide my face in that day for all the evils that they have wrought, because they turned unto other gods.{/i} (Deut. 31:17‑18)
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Deut. 32:19‑20• 19{i}And Jehovah saw it, and despised them,{HR}Because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.{HR}{/i}
 20{i}And he said, I will hide my face from them,{HR}I will see what their end shall be;{HR}For they are a perverse generation,{HR}Children in whom is no faithfulness.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:19‑20)
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Isa. 59:1‑15• 1Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear;
 2but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he doth not hear.
 3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips are speaking lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.
 4None sueth in righteousness, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
 5They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
 6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works [are] works of iniquity, and the act of violence [is] in their hands.
 7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction [are] in their paths.
 8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein knoweth not peace.
 9Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.
 10We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, we grope as having no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among the flourishing we [are] as dead [men].
 11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far off from us.
 12For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions [are] with us, and our iniquities, we know them:
 13in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
 14And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
 15And truth is lacking; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. (Isa. 59:1‑15)
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Jer. 33:5• 5They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of the men whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. (Jer. 33:5)
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Isa. 3:11• 11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for the desert of his hands shall be given him. (Isa. 3:11)
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Rom. 2:8‑9• 8but to those that are contentious and disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation,
 9tribulation and anguish on every soul of man that worketh out evil, both of Jew first and of Greek; (Rom. 2:8‑9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

W. Kelly Translation

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Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)