Micah 3:10 Meaning
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Context Explained
8But 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.
9Hear 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.
10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
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Related Cross References
Isaiah 1:21
Isaiah describes Jerusalem's corruption in a similar context.
Ezekiel 22:27
Ezekiel elaborates on the corrupt leadership in Israel.
Matthew 23:37
Jesus laments over Jerusalem's history of violence and corruption.
Source: Micah 3:10