Micah 3:12

Therefore because of you, Tziyon shall be plowed as a sadeh, 1 and Yerushalayim shall become a rubble heap, 1 and the Har HaBeis + 3:12 HaMikdash, i.e., the Temple Mount shall become a mound of scrubs.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

In Context

11Her 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

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Cross References

Psalms 79:1(A Mizmor.Of Asaph) 1 Thy Heikhal Kodesh have they defiled; 1 they have reduced Yerushalayim to rubble. 1

Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the acharit hayamim, 1 that the Har Beis Hashem shall be established 1 as the rosh of the mountains, 1 and shall be exalted above the hills; 1 and all the Goyim shall flow unto it. 1

Jeremiah 9:10And I will make Yerushalayim a heap of ruins, 1 and a ma'on of jackals; 1 and I will make the towns of Yehudah desolate, 1 without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 26:18Michah the Morashti prophesied in the days of Chizkiyah Melech Yehudah, and spoke to kol Am Yehudah, saying, Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 Tziyon shall be plowed like a sadeh, 1 and Yerushalayim shall become rubble heaps, 1 and the Har HaBais (Temple Mount) like the bare heights of a ya'ar (forest).

Micah 4:1But in the acharit hayamim (the last days) it shall come to pass, 1 that the Har Beis Hashem shall be established 1 as the rosh heharim (chief of mountains), 1 and it shall be exalted above the hills; 1 and amim (peoples) shall stream unto it. 1

Acts 6:13And edei sheker (false witnesses) swore falsely, saying, This man is not ceasing to speak words keneged (against) Makom HaKadosh HaZeh and the Torah. + 6:13 Ex 23:1; Ps 27:12

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 →

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