Micah 3:11
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.
Cross References
Numbers 22:7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed, having 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 walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
Proverbs 17:23A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
Isaiah 48:2For they are named after the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Jeremiah 5:12They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;
Jeremiah 7:4Confide ye not in words of falsehood, saying, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple is this.
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 →