King James Version
Micah 3:8 in the King James Version says “But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgr...” — study this verse from Micah chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Micah 3:8 · KJV
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.
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. blood: Heb. bloods
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I am full”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
“of power”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“by the spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and of judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“and of might”
H1369force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
“to declare”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“and to Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“his sin”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
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