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Micah 3:11

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3:11Her30 leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases,31

her priests proclaim rulings for profit,

and her prophets read omens for pay.

Yet they claim to trust32 the Lord and say,

“The Lord is among us.33

Disaster will not overtake34 us!”

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Footnotes

  1. 30 The pronoun Her refers to Jerusalem (note the previous line).
  2. 31 Heb “judge for a bribe.”
  3. 32 Heb “they lean upon” (so , , ); “rely on.”
  4. 33 Heb “Is not the Lord in our midst?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course he is!”
  5. 34 Or “come upon” (so many English versions); “happen to us”; “come to us.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Its heads give judgment for a bribe;

its priests teach for a price;

its prophets practice divination for money;

yet they lean on the Lord and say,

“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?

No disaster shall come upon us.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Her leaders judge for a bribe,

her priests teach for a price,

and her prophets tell fortunes for money.

Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say,

“Is not the Lord among us?

No disaster will come upon us.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,

her priests teach for payment,

and her prophets practice divination for silver.

Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,

“Isn’t the Lord among us?

No disaster will overtake us.”

NLTNew Living Translation

You rulers make decisions based on bribes;

you priests teach God’s laws only for a price;

you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid.

Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord.

“No harm can come to us,” you say,

“for the Lord is here among us.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Its rulers judge for a bribe;

its priests teach for a price;

its prophets practice divination for money.

But they lean on Yahweh, saying,

“Is not Yahweh in our midst?

Disaster will not come upon us.”

KJV 1900King James Version

The heads thereof judge for reward,

And the priests thereof teach for hire,

And the prophets thereof divine for money:

Yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say,

Is not the Lord among us?

None evil can come upon us.