Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version who build Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness. New Living Translation You are building Jerusalem on a foundation of murder and corruption. English Standard Version who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity. Berean Standard Bible who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. King James Bible They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. New King James Version Who build up Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with iniquity: New American Standard Bible Who build Zion with bloodshed, And Jerusalem with malice. NASB 1995 Who build Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with violent injustice. NASB 1977 Who build Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with violent injustice. Legacy Standard Bible Who build Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with violent injustice. Amplified Bible Who build Zion with blood [and extortion and murder] And Jerusalem with violent injustice. Christian Standard Bible who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with injustice. Holman Christian Standard Bible who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with injustice. American Standard Version They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Who are building Zion in blood and Jerusalem in evil Brenton Septuagint Translation who build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Contemporary English Version You make cruelty and murder a way of life in Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims Bible You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. English Revised Version They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. GOD'S WORD® Translation You build Zion on bloodshed and Jerusalem on wickedness. Good News Translation You are building God's city, Jerusalem, on a foundation of murder and injustice. International Standard Version who are building up Zion by means of bloodshed, and Jerusalem by means of iniquity. JPS Tanakh 1917 That build up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity. Literal Standard Version Building up Zion with blood, | And Jerusalem with iniquity. Majority Standard Bible who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. New American Bible Who build up Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness! NET Bible You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence. New Revised Standard Version who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with wrong! New Heart English Bible They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Webster's Bible Translation They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. World English Bible who build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Young's Literal Translation Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity. Additional Translations ... Context Rulers and Prophets Condemned…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, 10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. 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.”… Cross References Jeremiah 22:13 "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, Jeremiah 22:17 "But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression." Micah 7:2 The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. Habakkuk 2:12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity! Treasury of Scripture They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. build up Zion. Jeremiah 22:13-17 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; … Ezekiel 22:25-28 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof… Habakkuk 2:9-12 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! … blood. Jump to Previous Blood Bloodshed Build Building Evil-Doing Iniquity Injustice Jerusalem Unrighteousness Violent Wickedness Wrong ZionJump to Next Blood Bloodshed Build Building Evil-Doing Iniquity Injustice Jerusalem Unrighteousness Violent Wickedness Wrong ZionMicah 3 1. The cruelty of the princes.5. The falsehood of the prophets. 8. The false security of them both. (10) They build up Zion with blood--i.e., they acquire money for the erection of splendid buildings by spoliation and robbery, not stopping short of murder. So also Habakkuk (Micah 2:12) denounces the king of Babylon for the bloody wars with which he obtained wealth for the enlargement of the city.Verse 10. - They build up Zion with blood. Blood is, as it were, the cement that binds the building together. They raise palaces with money gained by extortion, rapine, and judicial murders like that of Naboth (1 Kings 21; comp. Jeremiah 22:13, etc.; Ezekiel 22:27; Habakkuk 2:12). Cheyne thinks this to be a too dark view of the state of public morals, and would therefore consider "blood" to be used for violent conduct leading to ruin of others, comparing Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 59:3; Proverbs 1:11. In these passages, however, actual bloodshed may be meant; and we know too little of the moral condition of Judaea at this time to be able to decide against the darker view. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew who buildבֹּנֶ֥ה (bō·neh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1129: To build Zion צִיּ֖וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem with bloodshed בְּדָמִ֑ים (bə·ḏā·mîm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed and Jerusalem וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (wî·rū·šā·lim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel with iniquity. בְּעַוְלָֽה׃ (bə·‘aw·lāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness Links Micah 3:10 NIVMicah 3:10 NLT Micah 3:10 ESV Micah 3:10 NASB Micah 3:10 KJV Micah 3:10 BibleApps.com Micah 3:10 Biblia Paralela Micah 3:10 Chinese Bible Micah 3:10 French Bible Micah 3:10 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Micah 3:10 They build up Zion with blood (Mc Mic. Mi) |
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