Micah 3:10 “who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.”

Micah 3:10

who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

World English Bible

who build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

American Standard Version

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Geneva Bible 1599

They build vp Zion with blood, and Ierusalem with iniquitie.

Darby Translation

that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.

Young's Literal Translation

Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.

Bible in Basic English

They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.

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Cross references

“build up Zion”

Habakkuk 2:9–12 Jeremiah 22:13–17 Matthew 27:25 Ezekiel 22:25–28 Zephaniah 3:3 John 11:50

Habakkuk 2:9–12 · BSB

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

Jeremiah 22:13–17 · BSB

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

Matthew 27:25 · BSB

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Ezekiel 22:25–28 · BSB

The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

Zephaniah 3:3 · BSB

Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

John 11:50 · BSB

You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”

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