Micah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.
Cross References
Exodus 3:16'Go, and thou hast gathered the elders of Israel, and hast said unto them: Jehovah, God of your fathers, hath appeareth unto me, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I have certainly inspected you, and that which is done to you in Egypt;
Deuteronomy 27:19'Cursed [is] he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, — and all the people have said, Amen.
Psalms 58:1To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?
Proverbs 17:23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
Jeremiah 5:28They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless — and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.
Amos 5:7Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
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 →