Micah 3:10 {9}
Good News Translation
You are building God's city, Jerusalem, on a foundation of murder and injustice.

New Revised Standard Version
who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with wrong!

Contemporary English Version
You make cruelty and murder a way of life in Jerusalem.

New American Bible
Who build up Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment and pervert all that is right.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment and pervert all that is right.

build up Zion.

Jeremiah 22:13-17 Woe to him that buildeth up his house by injustice, and his chambers not in judgment: that will oppress his friend without cause, and will not pay him his wages. . . .

Ezekiel 22:25-28 There is a conspiracy of prophets in the midst thereof: like a lion that roareth and catcheth the prey, they have devoured souls, they have taken riches and hire, they have made many widows in the midst thereof. . . .

Habakkuk 2:9-12 Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil. . . .

Zephaniah 3:3 Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.

Matthew 27:25 And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.

John 11:50 Neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish not.

blood.

Context
Rulers and Prophets Condemned
9But yet I am filled with the strength of the spirit of the Lord, with judgment and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness and to Israel his sin. 10Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment and pervert all that is right.11You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:13
Woe to him that buildeth up his house by injustice, and his chambers not in judgment: that will oppress his friend without cause, and will not pay him his wages.

Jeremiah 22:17
But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness, and upon shedding innocent blood, and upon oppression, and running after evil works.

Micah 7:2
The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death.

Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity.

Micah 3:9
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