Parallel Verses
Amplified
Therefore, on account of you
Jerusalem shall become
And the mountain of the house [of the Lord] shall become like a densely wooded hill.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,
and the hill of the temple mount
will be a thicket.
International Standard Version
"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."
A Conservative Version
Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.
Darby Translation
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Julia Smith Translation
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.
King James 2000
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, and the mountain of the house like the high places of the forest.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore on account of you Zion will be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem will be a heap of rubble, and {the temple mount} as a high place [in] a forest.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore, on account of you, Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house into high places of the forest.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore shall Zion, for your sakes, be plowed like a field: Jerusalem shall become a heap of stones, and the hill of the temple shall be turned to a high wood.
NET Bible
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!
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, for your sake, Zion, as a field, shall be ploughed, and, Jerusalem, unto heaps of ruins, shall be turned, - and, the mountain of the house, shall be like mounds in a jungle.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
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!
Topics
Interlinear
Charash
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 3:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Leaders Denounced
11
Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests teach for a fee,
And her prophets foretell for money;
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No tragedy or distress will come on us.”
Therefore, on account of you
Jerusalem shall become
And the mountain of the house [of the Lord] shall become like a densely wooded hill.
Cross References
Jeremiah 26:18
“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts,
And Jerusalem will become [heaps of] ruins,
And the mountain of the house [of the Lord—Mount Moriah, on which stands the temple, shall become covered not with buildings, but] like a densely wooded height.”’
Psalm 79:1
They have defiled Your sacred temple;
They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
Micah 1:6
Therefore I [the Lord] shall make Samaria a
A place for planting vineyards;
And I will pour her stones down into the ravine
And lay bare her foundations.
Micah 4:1-2
That the mountain of the house of the Lord
Shall be established as the highest and chief of the mountains;
It shall be above the hills,
And peoples shall flow [like a river] to it.
Psalm 107:34
A productive land into a [barren] salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Isaiah 2:2-3
Now it will come to pass that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be [firmly] established as the
And will be exalted above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.
Matthew 24:2
And He said to them,
Acts 6:13-14
They presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the Law [of Moses];