Micah 3:9-12

International Children’s Bible

⁹ Leaders of Jacob and rulers of Israel,
    listen to me.
You hate fairness.
    You destroy what is right.
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.