3:10 You 1 build Zion through bloody crimes, 2
Jerusalem 3 through unjust violence.
3:12 Therefore, because of you, 4 Zion will be plowed up like 5 a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
and the Temple Mount 6 will become a hill overgrown with brush! 7
1 tn Heb “who.”
2 tn Heb “bloodshed” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NLT “murder.”
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 tn The plural pronoun refers to the leaders, priests, and prophets mentioned in the preceding verse.
5 tn Or “into” (an adverbial accusative of result).
6 tn Heb “the mountain of the house” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).
7 tn Heb “a high place of overgrowth.”