Micah 3:10
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:13Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not his hire,
Ezekiel 22:25There is a conspiracy by her prophets in the midst of it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made her widows many in the midst thereof.
Zephaniah 3:3Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.
John 11:50nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not the whole nation should perish.
Matthew Henry on Micah 3:9-12
The Crimes of the Princes and Prophets. ( b. c. 726.) 8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord , and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 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… Read the whole commentary →