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
1:1 This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to 8 Micah of Moresheth. He delivered this message 9 during the reigns of 10 Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The prophecies pertain to 11 Samaria 12 and Jerusalem. 13
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.”
7 tn Heb “The word of the
8 tn The words “he delivered this message” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.
9 tn Heb “in the days of” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).
10 tn Heb “which he saw concerning.”
11 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
12 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.