Micah 3:7 - Exposition

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 Le 13:45; Ezekiel 24:17 , Ezekiel 24:22 ). 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 ( Psalms 74:9 ; Ezekiel 7:26 ). Septuagint, διότι οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐπακούων αὐτῶν , "Because there shall be none that hearkeneth unto them."