King James Version
Micah 3:7 in the King James Version says “Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answ...” — study this verse from Micah chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. lips: Heb. upper lip”
Micah 3:7 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. that: vision: Heb. from a vision that: divine: Heb. from divining
Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. lips: Heb. upper lip
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“be ashamed”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
“Then shall the seers”
H2374a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
“confounded”
H2659to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
“and the diviners”
H7080properly, to distribute, i.e., determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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