Micah 3:10
Micah chapter 3 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Context
v.9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
v.10This passage
v.11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 11:50
nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
- Ezekiel 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.
- Jeremiah 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
- Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
- Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
- Matthew 27:25
And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.