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.
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4 additional translationsHear 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.
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.
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,
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentMicah — A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.
- Author
- Micah the Morasthite (1:1) — from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean lowlands
- Date
- c. 740–700 BC, during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah