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Micah Chapter 3 verse 7 Holy Bible

ASV Micah 3:7

And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
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BBE Micah 3:7

And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.
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DARBY Micah 3:7

And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips, for there will be no answer of God.
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KJV Micah 3:7

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
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WBT Micah 3:7

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WEB Micah 3:7

The seers shall be disappointed, And the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; For there is no answer from God."
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YLT Micah 3:7

And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - Shall the seers be ashamed. The false prophets shall be ashamed because their oracles are proved to be delusive. They shall all cover their lips; the upper lip; i.e. the face up to the nose, in sign of mourning and shame (see Leviticus 13:45; Ezekiel 24:17, 22). It is equivalent to covering the head for the same reason, as Esther 6:12; Jeremiah 14:4. Septuagint, Καταλαλήσουσι καὶ αὐτῶν πάντες αὐτοί, taking the verb to mean "shall open" (not "cover") their lips against them. For there is no answer of God. There was no revelation (Psalm 74:9; Ezekiel 7:26). Septuagint, Διότι οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐπακούων αὐτῶν, "Because there shall be none that hearkeneth unto them."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) They shall all cover their lips.--As the lepers, who were cut off from all communication with men, so also these false prophets, being cut off from all communion with God, were to "put a covering upon the upper lip." It was also a sign of mourning for one dead, and Ezekiel was commanded to awaken the astonishment of the people by omitting to cover his upper lip when his wife died.