Micah 3:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Then

Micah 2:3

Jeremiah 5:31

He will even

As

Isaiah 3:11

Romans 2:8

General references

Exodus 23:6

Psalm 18:41

Isaiah 57:12

Bible References

Then

Therefore thus says the Lord,
“Behold, I am planning against this family a calamity
From which you cannot remove your necks;
And you will not walk haughtily,
For it will be an evil time.

The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?

He will even

Then My anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will come upon them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have come upon us?’

“The Lord saw this, and spurned them

Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;

Nor is His ear so dull

That it cannot hear.

‘While they are coming to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness:

As

Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,
For

what he deserves will be done to him.

but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

General references

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.

They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

“I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
But they will not profit you.