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Micah 3:10-12
EasyEnglish Bible
Micah 3:10-12
EasyEnglish Bible
10 You rule Zion city, which is Jerusalem.
But you are cruel, and you kill honest people.[a]
11 You are the city's rulers, but you accept bribes.
Then you do not judge people in a fair way.
You priests teach people only if they pay you.[b]
You prophets speak about what will happen in future times.
But you only speak if you receive money.
But you still say that you trust the Lord.
You say, ‘The Lord is with us, so nothing bad will happen to us.’
12 Because of how you live, Zion will be like a field that a farmer has dug.
Jerusalem will become a heap of stones.
Trees will cover the hill where the temple is now.[c]
Footnotes
- 3:10 The rulers did bad things. They were ready to kill anyone who tried to stop them. They did whatever they wanted to do. Also, the rulers made the people work very much. Many people may have died because they worked so much.
- 3:11 A priest was a man that God chose to serve him.
- 3:12 Zion and Jerusalem are different names for the city where God's house, the temple, was built. Micah tells the leaders that the city will become completely spoiled.
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