Micah 3:10

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

Jerusalem ³  through unjust violence.

Micah 7:2

7:2 Faithful men have disappeared ⁴  from the land;

there are no godly men left. ⁵ 

They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; ⁶ 

they hunt their own brother with a net. ⁷ 

[3:10]  ¹ tn Heb “who.”

[3:10]  ² tn Heb “bloodshed” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NLT “murder.”

[3:10]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Or “have perished”; “have been destroyed.”

[7:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and an upright one among men there is not.”

[7:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “for bloodshed” (so NASB); TEV “for a chance to commit murder.”

[7:2]  ⁷ sn Micah compares these ungodly people to hunters trying to capture their prey with a net.