Micah 3:7 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.
Matthew Henry
- The cruelty of the princes, and the falsehood of the prophetsMen cannot expect to do ill, and fare well; but to find that done to them which they did to others. How seldom do wholesome truths reach the ears of those in...
Thompson Chains
- SeersSee the chain from 1 Samuel 9:9 · 8 links
- Wicked AshamedSee the chain from Psalms 25:3 · 9 links
Parallel Passages
- Psalms 74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
- Micah 7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
- Zechariah 13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Isaiah 44:25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
- Zechariah 13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
- Leviticus 13:45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
- 1 Samuel 28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
- Isaiah 47:12–14 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. …
- Ezekiel 24:17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
- Ezekiel 24:22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
- Exodus 8:18–19 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. …
- Exodus 9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
- 1 Samuel 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
- 1 Samuel 14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
- 1 Samuel 28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
- Psalms 74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
- Daniel 2:9–11 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. …
- Amos 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
- Micah 7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
- 2 Timothy 3:8–9 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. …
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Topics
- Israel, prophecies concerning Of war and other judgments
- Micah The injustice of judges and falsehoods of false prophets
- Minister, Christian False and corrupt
- Mourning The upper lip
- Prophets Called SEERS
- Sorcery By astrologers
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible759–698 BC · Micah, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Then shall the seers הַחֹזִים haḥōzîm חֹזֶה Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural · with the
- be ashamed וּבֹשׁוּ ûbōšû בּוּשׁ Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
- and the diviners הַקֹּסְמִים haqqōsĕmîm קָסַם Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural · with the
- confounded וְחָפְרוּ wĕḥāpĕrû חָפֵר Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
- yea, they shall all cover וְעָטוּ wĕʿāṭû עָטָה Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and כֻּלָּם kullām Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural כִּי kî Conjunction
- their lips עַל ʿal Preposition שָׂפָם śāpām שָׂפָם Noun · masculine singular
- for there is no answer אֵין ʾên Negative מַעֲנֵה maʿănê מַעֲנֶה Noun · masculine singular construct
- of God אֱלֹהִים ʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural
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