Micah 3:7
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Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.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.”
In other translations
Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.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.”
Hebrew words
וּבֹשׁוּuvoshuand they will be ashamedH954הַחֹזִיםhachozimthe seersH2374וְחָפְרוּvechaferuand they will be abashedH2659הַקֹּסְמִיםhakosemimthose [who] divineH7080וְעָטוּve'atuand they will coverH5844עַל־'al-overH5921שָׂפָםsafama moustacheH8222כֻּלָּםkulamall of themH3605כִּיkiforH3588אֵין'einthere notH369מַעֲנֵהma'aneh[will be] an answer ofH4617אֱלֹהִים׃'elohimGodH430
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Isaiah 44:25That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
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- Leviticus 13:45And 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.A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
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- Ezekiel 24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
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- Psalm 74:9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
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