Micah 3:9-12
Legacy Standard Bible
9 Now hear this, (A)heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who (B)abhor justice
And twist everything that is straight,
10 Who (C)build Zion with bloodshed
And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
11 Her heads pronounce (D)judgment for a bribe,
And her (E)priests instruct for a price,
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on Yahweh saying,
“(F)Is not Yahweh in our midst?
Evil will not come upon us.”
12 Therefore, on account of you
(G)Zion will be plowed as a field;
(H)Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the (I)mountain of the house of God will become high places of a forest.
Micah 3:9-12
New Living Translation
9 Listen to me, you leaders of Israel!
You hate justice and twist all that is right.
10 You are building Jerusalem
on a foundation of murder and corruption.
11 You rulers make decisions based on bribes;
you priests teach God’s laws only for a price;
you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid.
Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord.
“No harm can come to us,” you say,
“for the Lord is here among us.”
12 Because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field;
Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins!
A thicket will grow on the heights
where the Temple now stands.
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