Mikha 3:9-10

3:9 Listen to this, you leaders of the family ¹  of Jacob,

you rulers of the nation ²  of Israel!

You ³  hate justice

and pervert all that is right.

3:10 You ⁴  build Zion through bloody crimes, ⁵ 

Jerusalem ⁶  through unjust violence.

[3:9]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[3:9]  ² tn Heb “house.”

[3:9]  ³ tn Heb “who.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons (also at the beginning of v. 10).

[3:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “who.”

[3:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “bloodshed” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NLT “murder.”

[3:10]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.