Micah 3:11
Her heads, for a bribe, pronounce sentence, and, her priests, for a price, give direction, and, her prophets, for silver, divine,—yet, on Yahweh, they lean, saying, Is not, Yahweh, in our midst? there shall not come upon us, calamity.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10Building Zion, with deeds of blood,—and Jerusalem, with perversity.
Cross References
Numbers 22:7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went their way, with the rewards of divination in their hand,—so they came in unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
1 Samuel 8:3Howbeit his sons walked not in his ways, but stooped to extortion,—and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Proverbs 17:23A bribe out of his bosom, doth a lawless man take, to pervert the ways of justice.
Isaiah 48:2For of the holy city, do they call themselves, And on the God of Israel, do they stay themselves,—Yahweh of hosts, is his name.
Jeremiah 5:12They have acted deceptively against Yahweh, And have said, Not He! Neither shall there come upon us, calamity, Nor sword nor famine, shall we see;
Jeremiah 7:4Do not, on your part trust in false words, saying,—The temple of Yahweh The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh they are!
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 →