11 The heads thereof judge for rewards, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof prophesy for money: yet will they [a]lean upon the Lord and say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil can come upon us.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:11 They will say, that they are the people of God, and abuse his Name, as a pretence to cloak their hypocrisy.

11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,(A)
    her priests teach for a price,(B)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.(C)
Yet they look(D) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”(E)

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Her princes within her are as roaring (A)lions: her judges are as (B)wolves in the evening, which [a]leave not the bones till the morrow.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:3 They are so greedy that they eat up bones and all.

Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;(A)
her rulers are evening wolves,(B)
    who leave nothing for the morning.(C)

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