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Micah 3:7

Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבֹ֣שׁוּu.Vo.shuand they will be ashamedH954 →
הַחֹזִ֗יםha.cho.Zimthe seersH2374 →
וְחָֽפְרוּ֙ve.cha.fe.Ruand they will be abashedH2659 →
הַקֹּ֣סְמִ֔יםha.Ko.se.Mimthose [who] divineH7080 →
וְעָט֥וּve.'a.Tuand they will coverH5844 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
שָׂפָ֖םsa.Fama moustacheH8222 →
כֻּלָּ֑םku.Lamall of themH3605 →
כִּ֛יkiforH3588 →
אֵ֥ין'einthere notH369 →
מַעֲנֵ֖הma.'a.Neh[will be] an answer ofH4617 →
אֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimGodH430 →

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2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.Isaiah 44:25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,Zechariah 13:4And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.1 Samuel 28:6He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.Isaiah 47:12–14So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!Leviticus 13:45A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’Amos 8:11Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.Ezekiel 24:17Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”Ezekiel 20:3“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.Jeremiah 27:9But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’Daniel 2:9–11If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”Psalms 74:9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.Exodus 8:18–19The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.1 Samuel 28:15Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”Exodus 9:11The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.2 Timothy 3:8–9Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.1 Samuel 9:9(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)1 Samuel 14:37So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.

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Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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