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Micah 3:5
This is what the LORD says:
from Rulers and Prophets Condemned, Micah 3:1-12
What it says

The LORD condemns prophets who preach peace when fed but declare war against those who do not provide for them.

What it is doing

This verse exposes prophecy corrupted by appetite and payment.

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,