Discovery BoxMicah 3:11-12 
Context3:11 Her 1 leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, 2
her priests proclaim rulings for profit,
and her prophets read omens for pay.
Yet they claim to trust 3 the Lord and say,
“The Lord is among us. 4
Disaster will not overtake 5 us!”
3:12 Therefore, because of you, 6 Zion will be plowed up like 7 a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
and the Temple Mount 8 will become a hill overgrown with brush! 9
1 sn The pronoun Her refers to Jerusalem (note the previous line).
2 tn Heb “judge for a bribe.”
3 tn Heb “they lean upon” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “rely on.”
4 tn Heb “Is not the
5 tn Or “come upon” (so many English versions); NCV “happen to us”; CEV “come to us.”
6 tn The plural pronoun refers to the leaders, priests, and prophets mentioned in the preceding verse.
7 tn Or “into” (an adverbial accusative of result).
8 tn Heb “the mountain of the house” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).
9 tn Heb “a high place of overgrowth.”
