Micah 3:10
They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:13A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
Ezekiel 22:25Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.
Zephaniah 3:3Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
John 11:50You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.
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 →