Micah 3:10
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
KJV
qui ædificatis Sion in sanguinibus, et Jerusalem in iniquitate.
Vulgate
οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες Σειὼν ἐν αἵμασιν καὶ Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐν ἀδικίαις·
LXX
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
ASV
בֹּנֶ֥ה צִיּ֖וֹן בְּ/דָמִ֑ים וִ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בְּ/עַוְלָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
עַוְלָֽה
'vlh
noun · 52×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Do you see how He prophesies even the place where He was to be slain. And they cast Him out, and slew Him. And Luke indeed says, that He declared what these men should suffer; and they said, God forbid; and He added the testimony [of Scripture]. For He beheld them, and said, What is it then that is written? The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head …
Cross-references
- Hab 2:9 — Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
- Hab 2:12 — Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
- Isa 26:10 — Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
- Jer 22:13 — Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
- Jer 22:13 — Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
- Matt 27:25 — Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
- Prov 1:19 — So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.