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Micah 3:11-12
New English Translation
Micah 3:11-12
New English Translation
11 Her[a] leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases,[b]
her priests proclaim rulings for profit,
and her prophets read omens for pay.
Yet they claim to trust[c] the Lord and say,
“The Lord is among us.[d]
Disaster will not overtake[e] us!”
12 Therefore, because of you,[f] Zion will be plowed up like[g] a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
and the Temple Mount[h] will become a hill overgrown with brush![i]
Footnotes
- Micah 3:11 sn The pronoun Her refers to Jerusalem (note the previous line).
- Micah 3:11 tn Heb “judge for a bribe.”
- Micah 3:11 tn Heb “they lean upon” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “rely on.”
- Micah 3:11 tn Heb “Is not the Lord in our midst?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course he is!”
- Micah 3:11 tn Or “come upon” (so many English versions); NCV “happen to us”; CEV “come to us.”
- Micah 3:12 tn The plural pronoun refers to the leaders, priests, and prophets mentioned in the preceding verse.
- Micah 3:12 tn Or “into” (an adverbial accusative of result).
- Micah 3:12 tn Heb “the mountain of the house” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).
- Micah 3:12 tn Heb “a high place of overgrowth.”
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