Micah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.This verse in the real world
In what words
- עָקַשׁʻâqashto knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
- קָצִיןqâtsîyna magistrate (as deciding) or other leader
- תַּעָבtaʻâbto loathe, i.e. (morally) detest
- יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentenc
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,
- בַּיִתbayitha house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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