Micah 3:9-12

New Century Version

⁹ Leaders of Jacob and rulers of Israel,
    listen to me,
you who hate fairness
    and twist what is right.
¹⁰ You build Jerusalem by murdering people;
    you build it with evil.
¹¹ Its judges take money
    to decide who wins in court.
Its priests only teach for pay,
    and its prophets only look into the future when they get paid.
But they lean on the Lord and say,
    “The Lord is here with us,
    so nothing bad will happen to us.”
¹² Because of you,
    Jerusalem will be plowed like a field.
The city will become a pile of rocks,
    and the hill on which the Temple stands will be covered with bushes.