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Micah 3:10-11

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3:10 You 1  build Zion through bloody crimes, 2 

Jerusalem 3  through unjust violence.

3:11 Her 4  leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, 5 

her priests proclaim rulings for profit,

and her prophets read omens for pay.

Yet they claim to trust 6  the Lord and say,

“The Lord is among us. 7 

Disaster will not overtake 8  us!”

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 sn The pronoun Her refers to Jerusalem (note the previous line).

5 tn Heb “judge for a bribe.”

6 tn Heb “they lean upon” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “rely on.”

7 tn Heb “Is not the Lord in our midst?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course he is!”

8 tn Or “come upon” (so many English versions); NCV “happen to us”; CEV “come to us.”



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