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who buildבֹּנֶהZionצִיּוֹןwith bloodבְּדָמִיםand Jerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִַםwith injustice.בְּעַוְלָה
Micah 3:10
Study it in the app“who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with injustice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 3:10, word by word
- who buildבֹּנֶהbone
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bone” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- with bloodדָמִיםdamim
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “damim” appears- and Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- with injusticeעַוְלָהavla
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avla” appears
Places in this verse
1Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
9Hear this, please, heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and twist all that is upright,
10 · This verse (above)
11Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets divine for silver; and on YHWH they lean, saying, “Is not YHWH in our midst? No evil will come upon us.”