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A thicket will grow on the heights where the Temple now stands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/micah/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/micah/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/micah/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed <i>as</i> a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/micah/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed <i>like</i> a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, And the mountain of the temple Like the bare hills of the forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/micah/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore on account of you, Zion will be plowed <i>like</i> a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple <i>will become</i> high places of a forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/micah/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore, on account of you Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/micah/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore, on account of you, Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple <i>will become</i> high places of a forest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/micah/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore, on account of you Zion will be plowed as a field; Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the house <i>of God will become</i> high places of a forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/micah/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, on account of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the house [of the LORD] <i>shall become</i> like a densely wooded hill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/micah/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/micah/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the hill of the temple mount will be a thicket. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/micah/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/micah/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And so, because of you, Jerusalem will be plowed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the temple now stands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/micah/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/micah/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble, and the temple mountain will become a worship site covered with trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/micah/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/micah/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the Temple Mount like a forest high place."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/micah/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/micah/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/micah/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/micah/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/micah/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/micah/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, for your sake, Zion is plowed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, "" And the mountain of the house [is] for high places of a forest!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/micah/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house is for high places of a forest!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/micah/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this, on account of you Zion shall be ploughed a field, and Jerusalem shall be ruins, and the mountain of the house for the heights of the forest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/micah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a heap of stones, and the mountain of the temple as the high places of the forests. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/micah/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For this reason, because of you, Zion will be plowed under like a field, and Jerusalem will become like a pile of stones, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of the forests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/micah/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem reduced to rubble, And the mount of the temple to a forest ridge. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/micah/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/micah/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become desolate, and the mountain of the house like a forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/micah/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Oh Zion, the country shall be led away, and Jerusalem will be desolate, and the Mountain of The House will be the place of a forest <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/micah/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, And Jerusalem shall become heaps, And the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/micah/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore on your account Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a storehouse of fruits, and the mountain of the house as a grove of the forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/micah/3-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9AM9A76_xQ?start=495" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/micah/3.htm">Rulers and Prophets Condemned</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1558.htm" title="1558: biḡ·lal·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- An account. From galal; a circumstance; only used adverbially, on account of.">because of you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6726.htm" title="6726: ṣî·yō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- A mountain in Jer., also a name for Jer. The same as tsiyuwn; Tsijon, a mountain of Jerusalem.">Zion</a> <a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790: ṯê·ḥā·rêš (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To cut in, engrave, plow, devise.">will be plowed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: śā·ḏeh (N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">like a field,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: wî·rū·šā·lim (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/5856.htm" title="5856: ‘î·yîn (N-mp) -- A ruin, heap of ruins. From avah; a ruin.">a heap of rubble,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">and the temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: wə·har (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">mount</a> <a href="/hebrew/3293.htm" title="3293: yā·‘ar (N-ms) -- From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb.">a wooded</a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: lə·ḇā·mō·wṯ (Prep-l:: N-fp) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">ridge.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/26-18.htm">Jeremiah 26:18</a></span><br />“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Isaiah 32:13-14</a></span><br />and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. / For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-18.htm">Lamentations 5:18</a></span><br />because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Zephaniah 3:6-7</a></span><br />“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant. / I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-9.htm">2 Kings 25:9-10</a></span><br />He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building. / And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/2-17.htm">Nehemiah 2:17</a></span><br />Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Jeremiah 9:11</a></span><br />“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm">Jeremiah 7:14</a></span><br />therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Isaiah 64:10-11</a></span><br />Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. / Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-1.htm">Matthew 24:1-2</a></span><br />As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings. / “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-1.htm">Mark 13:1-2</a></span><br />As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!” / “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-5.htm">Luke 21:5-6</a></span><br />As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said, / “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/6-14.htm">Acts 6:14</a></span><br />For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.</p><p class="hdg">Zion.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6</a></b></br> Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, <i>and</i> as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Psalm 79:1</a></b></br> A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34</a></b></br> A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.</p><p class="hdg">the mountain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Micah 4:1,2</a></b></br> But in the last days it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2,3</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass in the last days, <i>that</i> the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jonah/1-12.htm">Account</a> <a href="/micah/3-3.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Field</a> <a href="/amos/3-4.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Heap</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Heaps</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Height</a> <a href="/micah/1-5.htm">High</a> <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/micah/3-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/micah/3-10.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/daniel/11-39.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Mound</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-21.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-21.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Overgrown</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Places</a> <a href="/amos/6-12.htm">Ploughed</a> <a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Plowed</a> <a href="/micah/2-12.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Rubble</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/jonah/1-12.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/jonah/2-6.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">Wooded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-25.htm">Woods</a> <a href="/micah/3-10.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/7-13.htm">Account</a> <a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/micah/4-10.htm">Field</a> <a href="/micah/5-8.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Heap</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Heaps</a> <a href="/matthew/6-27.htm">Height</a> <a href="/micah/5-9.htm">High</a> <a href="/micah/4-8.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/micah/4-2.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/luke/19-43.htm">Mound</a> <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm">Overgrown</a> <a href="/micah/5-11.htm">Places</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-4.htm">Ploughed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-4.htm">Plowed</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-4.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-10.htm">Rubble</a> <a href="/nahum/3-7.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-18.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/micah/7-11.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">Wooded</a> <a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Woods</a> <a href="/micah/4-2.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Micah 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/3-1.htm">The cruelty of the princes.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/3-5.htm">The falsehood of the prophets.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/3-8.htm">The false security of them both.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "you" refers to the corrupt leaders and false prophets addressed earlier in <a href="/micah/3.htm">Micah 3</a>. Their injustice and exploitation of the people have led to this divine judgment. This highlights the biblical principle of accountability, where leaders are held responsible for their actions, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-10</a>.<p><b>Zion will be plowed like a field</b><br>Zion, often synonymous with Jerusalem, represents the spiritual and political heart of Israel. The imagery of being "plowed like a field" suggests total destruction and desolation, a reversal of its intended purpose as a holy city. This prophecy was fulfilled historically with the Babylonian conquest in 586 BC, when Jerusalem was destroyed. The agricultural metaphor underscores the severity of the judgment, as fields are plowed to prepare for new growth, indicating a complete leveling before any potential restoration.<p><b>Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the total devastation that will befall Jerusalem. Historically, this occurred when the Babylonians destroyed the city, leaving it in ruins. The imagery of a "heap of rubble" conveys the idea of a once-great city reduced to nothing, a common theme in prophetic literature as seen in <a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Lamentations 2:15</a>. It serves as a warning of the consequences of turning away from God.<p><b>and the temple mount a wooded ridge</b><br>The temple mount, the site of Solomon's Temple, was the center of Jewish worship and the presence of God. The prophecy that it will become "a wooded ridge" suggests abandonment and neglect, as forests typically grow in areas left untended. This reflects the spiritual desolation that accompanies physical destruction. The fulfillment of this prophecy is seen in the periods of desolation following the Babylonian exile and later Roman destruction in 70 AD. The transformation from a place of worship to a desolate area foreshadows the need for a new covenant and points to Jesus Christ as the ultimate temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a></b><br>A prophet in the 8th century BC, Micah delivered messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah and Israel. His prophecies often addressed social injustice and the need for true worship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zion.htm">Zion</a></b><br>A term often used to refer to Jerusalem, particularly in a spiritual or symbolic sense. It represents the heart of God's chosen people and His dwelling place.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, central to Jewish identity and worship. It was the location of the temple and a symbol of God's presence among His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_hill.htm">The Temple Hill</a></b><br>Also known as Mount Moriah, this is the site of Solomon's Temple, the center of Jewish worship and sacrifices.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The event of divine retribution that Micah prophesies due to the people's sins, particularly the leaders' corruption and the people's idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br><a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12</a> serves as a stark reminder that sin, especially among leaders, leads to severe consequences. The destruction of Jerusalem symbolizes the breakdown of society when God's laws are ignored.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteous_leadership.htm">The Importance of Righteous Leadership</a></b><br>The prophecy highlights the responsibility of leaders to uphold justice and righteousness. Corrupt leadership leads to the downfall of nations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>Despite the dire warning, this verse underscores God's control over history and His commitment to justice. He will not allow sin to go unpunished.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While <a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12</a> speaks of destruction, the broader context of Micah includes promises of restoration and hope, pointing to God's redemptive plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection_and_repentance.htm">Personal Reflection and Repentance</a></b><br>This passage calls individuals to examine their own lives, repent of sin, and seek to live justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God (<a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>).<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_micah_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Micah 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_skeptics_view_micah_3_12's_timing.htm">In Micah 3:12, the destruction of Jerusalem is foretold—how do skeptics explain discrepancies with other accounts or timelines of Jerusalem’s fall?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_micah_4_8_align_with_zion's_fate.htm">How does Micah 4:8 align with other prophecies about Zion’s future when some passages (e.g., Ezekiel 5) predict destruction rather than restoration? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_f._f._bruce.htm">Why did Jesus resolutely head to Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_micah_3_3_align_with_history.htm">In Micah 3:3, the graphic language seems hyperbolic—how can it be reconciled with historical or archeological records of Israelite practices? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/micah/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">Therefore shall Zion</span> . . .--Micah declared this sentence of Divine judgment with an intrepidity that was long remembered by the Jews. More than a century later the elders of the land, speaking in justification of the course taken by Jeremiah, used as a precedent the example of Micah. They spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, "Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying, 'Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.' Did Hezekiah, king of Judah, and all Judah put him at all to death? Did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented Him of the evil which He had pronounced against them?" (<a href="/context/jeremiah/26-17.htm" title="Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,">Jeremiah 26:17-19</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Shall become heaps.</span>--So also, in after-days, the doom of Jerusalem was pronounced by our Lord: "The days will come when there shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down."<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/micah/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - This is the prophecy quoted by the elders to King Jehoiakim (<a href="/jeremiah/26-17.htm">Jeremiah 26:17</a>, etc.). It may have been delivered before Hezekiah's time originally, and repeated in his reign, when it was productive of a reformation. The denunciation is a mourn-fill contrast to the announcement in <a href="/micah/2-12.htm">Micah 2:12</a>; but it was never completely fulfilled, being, like all such judgments, conditioned by circumstances. <span class="cmt_word">Therefore... for your sake.</span> For the crimes of rulers, priests, and prophets. <span class="cmt_word">Shall Zion... be ploughed as a field.</span> Three localities are specified which destruction shall overtake Zion, Jerusalem, and the temple. Zion means that part of the city where stood the royal palace. The prophecy relates primarily to the destruction of the city by the Chaldeans, when, as Jeremiah testifies (<a href="/lamentations/5-18.htm">Lamentations 5:18</a>), Zion was desolate and foxes walked upon it. The expression in the text may be hyperbolical, but we know that the ploughing up of the foundations of captured cities is often alluded to. Thus Horace, 'Carm.,' 1:16, 20 - <p><span class="accented">"... imprimeretque muris<br />Hostile aratrum exercitus insolens."</span> (Comp. 'Propert.,' 3:7, 41; and for the whole passage, <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Isaiah 32:13, 14</a>.) "The general surface of Mount Zion descends steeply eastwards into the Tyropoeon and Kidron, and southwards into the Valley of Hinnom. The whole of the hill here is under cultivation, and presents a most literal fulfilment of Micah's prophecy" (Thomson, 'The Land and the Book,' p. 540). "From the spot on which I stood," says Dr. Porter, "I saw the plough at work in the little fields that now cover the site of Zion" ('Illustrations of Bible Prophecy,' p. 17). <span class="cmt_word">Jerusalem shall become heaps.</span> The city proper shall become heaps of ruins (<a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Jeremiah 9:11</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/2-17.htm">Nehemiah 2:17</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/4-2.htm">Nehemiah 4:2</a>) Septuagint, <span class="greek">ὡς ὀπωροφυλάκιον ἔσται</span>, "as a storehouse for <span class="accented">fruits</span>," as in <a href="/psalms/78.htm">Psalm 78</a>. (79) 1. <span class="cmt_word">The mountain of the house.</span> The mountain on which the temple was built, Mount Moriah, and therefore the temple itself, no longer mentioned as the Lord's dwelling place. <span class="cmt_word">As the high places of the forest;</span> or, as <span class="accented">wooded heights</span>, returning, as it were, to the wild condition in which it lay when Abraham offered his sacrifice thereon. In the time of the Maccabees, after its profanation by the heathen, the account speaks of shrubs growing in the courts as in a forest or in one of the mountains (1 Macc. 4:38). Such was to be the fate of the temple in which they put their trust and made their boast. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/micah/3-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֵן֙</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of you,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּגְלַלְכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(biḡ·lal·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1558.htm">Strong's 1558: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circumstance, on account of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Zion</span><br /><span class="heb">צִיּ֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ṣî·yō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6726.htm">Strong's 6726: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be plowed</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵֽחָרֵ֑שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯê·ḥā·rêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2790.htm">Strong's 2790: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut in, engrave, plow, devise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a field,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂדֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(śā·ḏeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="heb">וִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wî·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will become</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(tih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a heap of rubble,</span><br /><span class="heb">עִיִּ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(‘î·yîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5856.htm">Strong's 5856: </a> </span><span class="str2">A ruin, heap of ruins</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the temple</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֖יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mount</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·har)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a wooded</span><br /><span class="heb">יָֽעַר׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3293.htm">Strong's 3293: </a> </span><span class="str2">A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ridge.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָמ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/micah/3-12.htm">OT Prophets: Micah 3:12 Therefore Zion for your sake will be (Mc Mic. 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