Micah 3:4

World English Bible

Then they will cry to Yahweh, But he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, Because they made their deeds evil."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they will cry out to the Lord,but he will not answer them.He will hide his face from them at that timebecause of the crimes they have committed.

Hebrew Names Version
Then they will cry to the LORD, But he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, Because they made their deeds evil."

King James Version (1611)
Then shall they cry vnto the Lord, but he will not heare them: he will euen hide his face from them at that time, as they haue behaued themselues ill in their doings.

King James Version
Then shall they cry unto the Lord , but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

English Standard Version
Then they will cry to the Lord , but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.

New American Standard Bible
Then they will cry out to the LORD, But He will not answer them. Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time Because they have practiced evil deeds.

New Century Version
They will cry to the Lord , but he won't answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them, because what they have done is evil."

Amplified Bible
Then they will cry to the LORD, But He will not answer them; Instead, He will even hide His face from them at that time [withholding His mercy] Because they have practiced and tolerated and ignored evil acts.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shall they crye vnto the Lorde, but he will not heare them: he wil euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then they will cry out to the LORD, But He will not answer them. Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time Because they have practiced evil deeds.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then they will cry out to Yahweh,But He will not answer them.Instead, He will hide His face from them at that timeBecause they have practiced evil deeds.

Berean Standard Bible
Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

Contemporary English Version
Someday you will beg the Lord to help you, but he will turn away because of your sins.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then they will call to Adonai , but he will not answer them; when that time comes, he will hide his face from them, because their deeds were so wicked.

Darby Translation
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.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then you will pray to the Lord , but he will not answer you. No, he will hide his face from you, because what you do is evil."

George Lamsa Translation
Then shall they cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them; he will even turn away his face from them at that time, for they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

Good News Translation
The time is coming when you will cry out to the Lord , but he will not answer you. He will not listen to your prayers, for you have done evil.

Lexham English Bible
Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, when they have made their deeds evil.

Literal Translation
Then they shall cry out to Jehovah, but He will not answer them. He will even hide His face from them in that time, as they have done evil in their doings.

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

Bible in Basic English
Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but He will not answer them; yea, He will hide His face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then shall they crye vnto the Lorde, but he wyll not heare them: he wyll euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
thus they shall cry to the Lord, but he shall not hearken to them; and he shall turn away his face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their practices against themselves.

English Revised Version
Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not answer them: yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne thei schulen crie to the Lord, and he schal not here hem; and he schal hide hise face fro hem in that tyme, as thei diden wickidli in her fyndingis.

Update Bible Version
Then they shall cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them; yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, according to as they have wrought evil in their doings.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then shall they cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

New English Translation
Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds."

New King James Version
Then they will cry to the LORD, But He will not hear them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, Because they have been evil in their deeds.

New Living Translation
Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to answer? After all the evil you have done, he won't even look at you!"

New Life Bible
Then they will cry to the Lord, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time, because they have done sinful things.

New Revised Standard
Then they will cry to the Lord , but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have acted wickedly.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, shall they make outcry unto Yahweh, but he will not answer them, - that he may hide his face from them, at that time, even as they have made wicked their doings.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices.

Revised Standard Version
Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.

Young's Literal Translation
Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now the tyme shall come, that when they call vnto the LORDE, he shall not heare them, but hyde his face from them: because that thorow their owne ymaginacios, they haue dealte so wickedly.

THE MESSAGE
The time's coming, though, when these same leaders will cry out for help to God , but he won't listen. He'll turn his face the other way because of their history of evil.

Contextual Overview

¹ I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, And rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice? ² You who hate the good, And love the evil; Who tear off their skin, And their flesh from off their bones; ³ Who also eat the flesh of my people, And flay their skin from off them, And break their bones, And chop them in pieces, as for the pot, And as flesh within the caldron. ⁴ Then they will cry to Yahweh, But he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, Because they made their deeds evil." ⁵ Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!" and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him: ⁶ "Therefore night is over you, with no vision, And it is dark to you, that you may not divine; And the sun will go down on the prophets, And the day will be black over them. ⁷ The seers shall be put to shame, And the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; For there is no answer from God."

Bible Verse Review
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Then: Micah 2:3, Micah 2:4, Jeremiah 5:31

cry: Psalms 18:41, Proverbs 1:28, Proverbs 28:9, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 2:27, Jeremiah 2:28, Ezekiel 8:18, Zechariah 7:13, Matthew 7:22, Luke 13:25, John 9:31, James 2:13

he will even: Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 31:18, Deuteronomy 32:19, Deuteronomy 32:20, Isaiah 59:1-15, Jeremiah 33:5

as: Isaiah 3:11, Romans 2:8, Romans 2:9

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 8:18 - will not hear 2 Samuel 22:42 - unto the Lord 2 Kings 18:12 - they obeyed not Job 27:9 - Will God Isaiah 8:17 - hideth Isaiah 59:2 - hid Jeremiah 7:16 - I will Jeremiah 11:11 - cry Jeremiah 14:12 - they fast Hosea 5:6 - they James 4:3 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Deuteronomy 29:19
and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

2 Kings 1:4
Now therefore thus says Yahweh, You shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die. Elijah departed.

2 Kings 1:6
They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.

2 Kings 1:16
He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.

2 Kings 8:10
Elisha said to him, Go, tell him, You shall surely recover; however Yahweh has shown me that he shall surely die.

Psalms 10:11
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."

2 Corinthians 2:11
that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

1 Timothy 2:14
Adam wasn't deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them,.... When all the above evils threatened them in the preceding chapters shall come upon them; when the enemy shall invade their hind, besiege their cities, and take them, and they, their families and substance, just ready to fall into their hands, they shall cry unto the Lord; or pray unto him, as the Targum, in the time of their distress; but he will not hear their prayer, so as to answer it according to their desire; that is, he will not save them from imminent danger, but deliver them up, them, and all that belong unto them, into the hands of such that shall use them as they have done others:

he will even hide his face from them at that time; turn his back upon them, and a deaf ear to them, and show them no favour, nor grant them any help and protection:

as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings; he will punish them according to the law of retaliation; as when the poor cried unto them, when they were stripping them of their substance, and they would not hearken to them, so now, when they cry unto the Lord in their distress, he will not hearken to them; and as they turned their backs, and hid their faces from those that were afflicted by them, and would show them no favour, so will the Lord deal with them; and as they exercised the utmost cruelty and barbarity that could be done, they will now be given up into the hands of cruel and merciless men, that will use them in like manner: or, "because they have done ill in their doings" b to the poor, whose cause God will defend and vindicate.

b כאשר ανθ' ων "eo quod", Sept. "quia", Drusius; "pro eo quod", Grotius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then shall they cry unto the Lord - “Then.” The prophet looks on to the Day of the Lord, which is always before his mind. So the Psalmist, speaking of a time or place not expressed, says, “There were they in great fear” Psalms 53:5. He sees it, points to it, as seeing what those to whom he spoke, saw not, and the more awfully, because he saw, with superhuman (certain) vision, what was “hidden from their eyes.” The then was not then, “in the time of grace,” but when the Day of grace should be over, and the Day of Judgment should be come. So of that day, when judgment should set in, God says in Jeremiah, “Behold I will bring evil upon them which they shall not be able to go forth of, and they will cry unto Me, and I will not hearken unto them” Jeremiah 11:11. And David, “They cried and there was none to save; unto the Lord, and He answered them not” Psalms 18:41. And Solomon; “Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he shall cry himself and shall not be heard” Proverbs 21:13. And James, “He shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy” James 2:13. The prayer is never too late, until judgment comes ; the day of grace is over, when the time of judgment has arrived. “They shall cry unto the Lord, and shall not be heard, because they too did not hear those who asked them, and the Lord shall turn His Face from them, because they too turned their face from those who prayed them.”

He will even hide His Face - He will not look in mercy on those who would not receive His look of grace. Your sins, He says by Isaiah, “have hid His face from you, that He heareth not.” O what will that turning away of the Face be, on which hangs eternity!

As - There is a proportion between the sin and the punishment . As I have done, so God hath requited me. “They have behaved themselves ill in their doings. literally have made their deeds evil.” The word rendered doings is almost always used in a bad sense, mighty deeds, and so deeds with a high hand. Not ignorantly or negligently, nor through human frailty, but with set purpose they applied themselves, not to amend but to corrupt their doings, and make them worse. God called to them by all His prophets, make good your doings Jeremiah 35:15; and they, reversing it, used diligence to make their doings evil. Jerome: “All this they shall suffer, because they were not rulers, but tyrants; not Prefects, but lions; not masters of disciples, but wolves of sheep; and they sated themselves with flesh and were fattened, and, as sacrifices for the slaughter, were made ready for the punishment of the Lord. Thus far against evil rulers; then he turns to the false prophets and evil teachers, who by flatteries subvert the people of God, promising them the knowledge of His word.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Micah 3:4. Then shall they cry — When calamity comes upon these oppressors, they shall cry for deliverance: but they shall not be heard; because, in their unjust exactions upon the people, they went on ruthlessly, and would not hear the cry of the oppressed.