Micah 3:10

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“who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.”

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BSBPD

“who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Micah 3:10 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
  2. Ezekiel 22:3and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,
  3. Ezekiel 22:25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
  4. Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
  5. Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
  6. Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
  7. John 11:50You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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