Micah 3:10-11

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.”