Micah 3:11
Her Rashim judge for a bribe, 1 and her kohanim play the hireling moreh (teacher), 1 and her nevi'im are fortune-tellers for kesef; 1 yet will they lean upon Hashem? And say: 1 Is not Hashem among us? 1 No ra'ah will come upon us. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10Boneh Tziyon b'damim (they build up Tziyon with blood), 1 and Yerushalayim with avlah (iniquity). 1
Cross References
Numbers 22:7And the Ziknei Moav and the Ziknei Midyan departed with the divination remuneration in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spoke unto him the words of Balak.
1 Samuel 8:3And his banim walked not in his drakhim, but turned aside after betza (dishonest gain), and took shochad (bribe[s]), and perverted mishpat (justice).
Proverbs 17:23A rasha accepts a shochad (bribe) out of the kheyk (bosom), + 17:23 i.e., secretly 1 to pervert the orkhot mishpat (paths of justice). 1
Isaiah 48:2For they call themselves of the Ir HaKodesh, 1 and lean themselves upon Elohei Yisroel; 1 Hashem Tzva'os Shmo. 1
Jeremiah 5:12They have spoken lies about Hashem, 1 and said: Lo hu (not He); 1 neither shall ra'ah come upon us; 1 neither shall we see cherev nor ra'av (famine); 1
Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in divrei hasheker (lying words, words of falsehood), saying, This is the Heikhal Hashem, the Heikhal Hashem, the Heikhal Hashem.
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 →