Micah 3:1 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel,––Is it not yours to know justice?

¹³ Set forth, for you––men wise and discerning, and known to your tribes,––that I may appoint them to be heads over you. ¹⁴ And ye answered me,––and said, Good, is the word which thou hast spoken, to be done. ¹⁵ So I took heads for your tribes, wise men and known, and placed them as heads over you,––captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and overseers for your tribes. ¹⁶ And I charged your judges, at that time, saying,––Ye are to hear, between your brethren, and shall judge righteously, between each man and his brother, and his sojourner. ¹⁷ Ye shall not take note of faces, in judgment––so, the small, as, the great, shall ye hear, ye shall not shrink from the face of any man, for judgment, unto God, belongeth,––but, the thing which is too hard for you, shall ye bring near unto me, and I will hear it.

¹⁸ Judges and officers, shalt thou appoint thee, in all thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, by thy tribes,––and they shall judge the people, with righteous judgment.

⁵ And he stationed judges in the land, throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city; ⁶ and said unto the judges, See what, ye, are doing, inasmuch as, not for man, must ye judge, but for Yahweh,––who will be with you, in the word of justice. ⁷ Now, therefore, let the dread of Yahweh be upon you,––observe and do, for there is, with Yahweh our God, neither perversity nor respect of persons nor the taking of bribes. ⁸ And, even in Jerusalem, did Jehoshaphat station some of the Levites and the priests, and of the ancestral chiefs of Israel, to pronounce the just sentence of Yahweh, and to settle disputes,––when they returned to Jerusalem. ⁹ And he laid charge upon them, saying,––Thus, shall ye act, in the fear of Yahweh, faithfully and with an undivided heart. ¹⁰ Any dispute that shall come in unto you from among your brethren who are dwelling in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment and statutes and regulations, then shall ye warn them, that they may not become guilty against Yahweh, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren,––Thus, shall ye act, and not incur guilt.

⁴ Are all the workers of iniquity, without knowledge? devouring my people [as] they devour food! Upon Yahweh, have they not called.

¹ [A Melody of Asaph.]
God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge. ² How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? [Selah.] ³ Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted; ⁴ Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue. ⁵ They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

¹⁰ Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom,––Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah:––

⁴ And, I, said,––Only, poor people, are, they,––They act foolishly, For they know not, the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! ⁵ I will betake me unto the great men, and will speak, with them! For, they, know, the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! Yea but, they, with one accord, have, broken the yoke, torn off the bands.

¹⁵ Hear ye and give ear, be not haughty,––For, Yahweh, hath spoken. ¹⁶ Give ye, to Yahweh your God––glory, Before he cause darkness, and, Before your feet stumble upon the twilight mountains; Lest, when ye wait for light, He turn it into the shadow of death, And change it for thick darkness. ¹⁷ But, if ye will not hear it, In secret places, shall my soul weep, Because of the pride,––And mine eye, shall flow over, and run down, with tears, Because captive, hath been taken the flock of Yahweh. ¹⁸ Say thou to the king and, to the queen–mother, Abase yourselves––Sit down,––For descended, have, your Head–tires, your Crown of adornment.

² and say––Hear thou the word of Yahweh, O king of Judah, who sittest upon the throne of David,––thou, and thy servants, and thy people, who enter in at these gates, ³ Thus, saith Yahweh,––Execute ye justice, and righteousness, And deliver the robbed, out of the hand of the oppressor,––But, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, do not oppress, neither commit violence, And, the blood of the innocent, do not ye shed, in this place.

¹ Hear ye this––O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, and ye, House of the King, give ear, for, to you, pertaineth the sentence,––for, a snare, have ye been to Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.

¹ Hear ye this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,––who say to their lords, Bring in, and let us drink!

⁹ Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel,––who abhor justice, and, all right, do pervert: ¹⁰ Building Zion, with deeds of blood,––and Jerusalem, with perversity.

⁵ With a view to shame you, am I speaking. So, is it possible that there is among you––not so much as one wise man, who shall be able to judge between his brethren,––