Micah 3:11
The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Cross References
Numbers 22:7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand, and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
1 Samuel 8:3And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
Proverbs 17:23A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
Isaiah 48:2(for they call themselves of the holy city, and steady themselves upon the God of Israel, LORD of hosts is his name):
Jeremiah 5:12They have denied LORD, and said, It is not he. Neither shall evil come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine.
Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of LORD, the temple of LORD, the temple of LORD, are these.
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 →