Micah 3:10 KJV — MannaFest

Micah 3:10

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.

YLT

Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.

DBT

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

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Micah — A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.

Author: Micah the Morasthite (1:1) — from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean lowlands
Date: c. 740–700 BC, during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

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17 verses on the floor

Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Jeremiah 22:13
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;
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!
Matthew 27:25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Isaiah 26:10
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.

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Princes and prophets, when they faithfully discharge the duty of their office, are to be highly honoured above other men; but when they betray their trust, and act contrary to it, they should hear of their faults as well as others, and shall be made to know that there is a God above them, to whom they are accountable; at his bar the prophet here, in his name, arraigns them.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

) that they build up Zion with blood. "They pretend, in justification of their extortion and oppressions, that they build up Zion and Jerusalem; they add new streets and squares to the holy cities, and adorn them; they establish and advance the public interests both in church and state, and think that therein they do God and Israel good service.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

They--change of person from "ye" (Mic 3:9); the third person puts them to a greater distance as estranged from Him. It is, literally, "Whosoever builds," singular. build up Zion with blood--build on it stately mansions with wealth obtained by the condemnation and murder of the innocent (Jer 22:13;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

They - The heads and great ones enlarge, beautify, and fortify, the house in Zion, particularly the temple and the royal palace. Blood - With wealth, which they made themselves masters of by violence, taking away the life of the owners.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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