Ezekiel 22:25-28; Habakkuk 2:9-12; Jeremiah 22:13-17; John 11:50; Matthew 27:25; Zephaniah 3:3
They build up - (literally, building, sing.) Zion with blood This may be taken literally on both sides, that, the rich built their palaces, “with...
They build up Zion with (h) blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. (h) They will say that they are the people of God, and abuse his name, as a pretence...
False Confidence issuing in the Destruction of Jerusalem. Micah again addresses the rulers, who have founded the prosperity of the capital on viole...
iniquity . deceit. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44. Not the same word as in Micah 2:1 .
Then when he says, that Zion was built by blood, and Jerusalem by iniquity, it is the same as though the Prophet had said, that whatever the...
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. They build up Zion with blood - They might cry out loudly against that butchery practiced...
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. They - change of person from "ye" ( Micah 3:9 ); the third person puts them to a g...
Wickedness in High Places Micah returns to his indictment against the people's leaders. Their power was given for the sake of justice, and they ha...
They build up Zion with blood — i.e. , they acquire money for the erection of splendid buildings by spoliation and robbery, not stopping short of...
THE PROPHET OF THE POOR Micah 2:1-13 ; Micah 3:1-12 WE have proved Micah's love for his countryside in the effusion of his heart upon her vill...
the Punishment of Avarice Micah 3:1-12 The princes who as magistrates should have administered justice to others sat around the caldron, castin...
Addressing himself directly to the rulers of the people, in this second message the prophet describes their peculiar sin, and announces the coming ju...
The Chapter closeth as it opened, full of judgment; but all preparatory to mercy, as the following Chapter declares. Indeed we ought to read both tog...
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Or, "O thou that buildest up" g, c. or "everyone of them that buildeth up" h, c. for th...
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Ver. 10. They build up Zion with blood ] Heb. bloods, that is, with goods gotten by ra...
Hear this, ye heads of the house of Jacob , &c. This address to the great men, shows the prophet's courage and impartiality. That abhor judgmen...
The Crimes of the Princes and Prophets. B. C. 726....
They; heads, princes, judges, and great ones among them. Build up; enlarge or beautify, and fortify. Zion; the houses in Zion, or perhaps may b...
He Summarises The Situation In The Land And Declares What will Come Upon Them As A Result ( Micah 3:9-12 ). Micah now advises the corrupt leaders...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Micah 3:9 . Hear ] Resumed from Micah 3:1 . Heads ] Whose ungodly conduct is briefly summed up again. Abhor ] As a thing lo...
Micah 3:10 . They build up Zion with blood. The Chaldaic reads, they build up the houses of Zion with blood. They oppress the poor to a premature...
Hear this. .. ye heads of the house of Jacob. .. that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity Rectitude I. There is an eternal law of “right” t...
EXPOSITION Verse 3:1-5:15 Part II . DENUNCIATION OF THE CRIMES OF THE GRANDEES , FOLLOWED BY A PROMISE OF THE GLORIF...
The Sins of the Rulers and the Desolation of Zion. Also in this Chapter the discourse is directed to the nobility of the people, who abused the au...
They build up Zion with blood, with blood-guiltiness, and Jerusalem with iniquity, caring only for gain and bloodshed in building their stately man...
They — The heads and great ones enlarge, beautify, and fortify, the house in Zion, particularly the temple and the royal palace. Blood — With wealt...
10 They build up Zion with blood,b and Jerusalem with iniquity.