Micah 3:9
Listen to me, leaders of the descendants of Jacob and the people of Israel, you who hate justice and distort all that is right.
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10You are building Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil.
Cross References
Exodus 3:16Go, and call all the elders of Israel to meet with you. Tell them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, has appeared to me—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He said, “I have paid close attention to what's been happening to you in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19“A curse on anyone who doesn't treat foreigners, the orphans, and widows fairly!” Everyone says “Amen!”
Psalms 58:1You leaders, do you really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?
Proverbs 17:23The wicked take hidden bribes to pervert the course of justice.
Jeremiah 5:28They've grown fat and smooth, and have become experts in evil. They deny justice to orphans, and they don't defend the rights of those in need.
Amos 5:7You twist justice and make it bitter, you throw integrity to the ground.
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 →