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Micah 3:10-12
International Children’s Bible
Micah 3:10-12
International Children’s Bible
10 You build Jerusalem by murdering people.
You build it with the sins you do.
11 The judges in Jerusalem take money
to decide who wins in court.
The priests in Jerusalem only teach for pay.
The prophets only look into the future when they get paid.
But yet those leaders say,
“The Lord is with us.
Nothing bad will happen to us.”
12 Because of you,
Jerusalem will be plowed like a field.
Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks.
The hill on which the Temple stands will be covered with bushes.
Micah 3:10-12
King James Version
Micah 3:10-12
King James Version
10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
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Micah 3:10-12
New King James Version
Micah 3:10-12
New King James Version
10 (A)Who build up Zion with (B)bloodshed
And Jerusalem with iniquity:
11 (C)Her heads judge for a bribe,
(D)Her priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for [a]money.
(E)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 (F)plowed like a field,
(G)Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And (H)the mountain of the [b]temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:11 Lit. silver
- Micah 3:12 Lit. house
Micah 3:10-12
New International Version
Micah 3:10-12
New International Version
10 who build(A) Zion with bloodshed,(B)
and Jerusalem with wickedness.(C)
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,(D)
her priests teach for a price,(E)
and her prophets tell fortunes for money.(F)
Yet they look(G) for the Lord’s support and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No disaster will come upon us.”(H)
12 Therefore because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(I)
the temple(J) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.(K)
Micah 3:10-12
English Standard Version
Micah 3:10-12
English Standard Version
10 (A)who build Zion with blood
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 (B)Its heads give judgment for a bribe;
(C)its priests teach for a price;
(D)its prophets practice divination for money;
(E)yet they lean on the Lord and (F)say,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
(G)No disaster shall come upon us.”
12 Therefore because of you
(H)Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem (I)shall become a heap of ruins,
and (J)the mountain of the house (K)a wooded height.
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