Micah 3:4
Then they will cry out to the LORD,
What it says
When these leaders cry to the LORD, He will not answer them because of their evil deeds.
What it is doing
This verse announces the divine refusal that will meet unjust rulers in their distress.
In context
1Then I said: 2You hate good and love evil. 3You eat the flesh of my people 4Then they will cry out to the LORD, 5This is what the LORD says: 6Therefore night will come over you without visions, 7Then the seers will be ashamed 8As for me, however, I am filled with power 9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob 10who build Zion with bloodshed 11Her leaders judge for a bribe, 12Therefore, because of you,