Micah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, all of you heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that detest judgment, and pervert all equity.
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10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Cross References
Exodus 3:16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Psalms 58:1Do all of you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do all of you judge uprightly, O all of you sons of men?
Proverbs 17:23A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Jeremiah 5:28They are becoming fat, they shine: yea, they pass over the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Amos 5:7All of you who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in 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 →