Parallel Verses
Amplified
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.
New American Standard Bible
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will
Because they have
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.
Holman Bible
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time
because of the crimes they have committed.
International Standard Version
"Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not listen to them. In fact, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they were so wicked in what they were doing."
A Conservative Version
Then they shall cry to 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.
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
Then shall they cry to Jehovah and he will not answer them, and he will hide his face from them in that time, as their doings were evil.
King James 2000
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 in an evil way in their deeds.
Lexham Expanded 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.
Modern King James verseion
Then they shall cry to Jehovah, but He will not answer them. He will even hide His face from them at that time, as they have done evil in their doings.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now the time shall come, that when they call unto the LORD, he shall not hear them, but hide his face from them, because that through their own Imaginations they have dealt so wickedly.
NET Bible
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 Heart English Bible
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."
The 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.
Webster
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.
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."
Youngs 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.
Themes
Face » God's hidden » God's face hidden on account of sin
God » Of israel » Face of, hidden
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Iniquity
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Cruelly oppress saints
Topics
Interlinear
Za`aq
Cathar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Leaders Denounced
3
You who eat the flesh of my people,
Strip off their skin from them,
Break their bones
And chop them in pieces as for the pot,
Like meat in a kettle.”
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.
They call out, “Peace,”
But against the one who gives them nothing to eat,
They declare a holy war.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 1:15
“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood!
Psalm 18:41
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
Even to the Lord [they cried], but He did not answer them.
Proverbs 1:28
“Then they will call upon me (Wisdom), but I will not answer;
They will seek me eagerly but they will not find me,
Isaiah 3:11
Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him,
For what his hand has done shall be done to him.
Deuteronomy 31:17-18
Then My anger will be kindled and burn against them in that day, and I will abandon (turn away from) them and hide My face from them. They will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?’
Deuteronomy 32:19-20
“The Lord saw it, and rejected them,
Out of indignation with His sons and His daughters.
Proverbs 28:9
He who turns his ear away from listening to the law [of God and man],
Even his prayer is repulsive [to God].
Isaiah 59:1-15
That it cannot save,
Nor His ear so
That it cannot hear.
Jeremiah 2:27-28
Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their backs to Me,
And not their faces;
But in the time of their trouble they will say,
‘Arise [O Lord] and save us.’
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule
And My people love [to have] it so!
But what will you do when the end comes?
Jeremiah 33:5
‘While they (the besieged Jews) are coming to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill the houses with the dead bodies of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, for I have hidden My face [in disgust] from this city because of all their wickedness.
Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare [them]; and though they cry loudly in My ears, yet I will not listen to them.”
Micah 2:3-4
Therefore, thus says the Lord,
[Like a noose] from which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor will you be able to walk haughtily and erect,
For it will be an evil time [of subjugation to the invaders].
Zechariah 7:13
And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts;
Matthew 7:22
Luke 13:25
John 9:31
We know [according to your tradition] that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone fears God and does His will, He hears him.
Romans 2:8-9
But for those who are selfishly ambitious and self-seeking and disobedient to the truth but responsive to wickedness, [there will be] wrath and indignation.
James 2:13
For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; but [to the one who has shown mercy] mercy triumphs [victoriously] over judgment.