Micah 3:8-12

New King James Version

⁸ But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord,
And of justice and might,
^(A)To declare to Jacob his transgression
And to Israel his sin.
⁹ Now hear this,
You heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who abhor justice
And ^[a]pervert all equity,
^10 (B)Who build up Zion with ^(C)bloodshed
And Jerusalem with iniquity:
^11 (D)Her heads judge for a bribe,
^(E)Her priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for ^[b]money.
^(F)Yet they lean on the Lord, and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No harm can come upon us.”
¹² Therefore because of you
Zion shall be ^(G)plowed like a field,
^(H)Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And ^(I)the mountain of the ^[c]temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.