Micah 3:9
Hear now these words, ye chiefs of the house of Jacob, and the remnant of the house of Israel, who hate judgment, and pervert all righteousness;
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10who build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Cross References
Exodus 3:16Go then and gather the elders of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, The Lord God of our fathers has appeared to me, the God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, saying, I have surely looked upon you, and upon all the things which have happened to you in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed is everyone that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Psalms 58:1For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him. 1
Proverbs 17:23The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in his bosom do not prosper; 1 And an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness. 1
Jeremiah 5:28and they have transgressed the rule of judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.
Amos 5:7It is he that executes judgment in the height above, and he has established justice on the earth:
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 →