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Injustice is Bloodshed
Commentators explain that “building with blood” refers not only to literal murder but also to severe economic injustice. Practices like extortion, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor to fund projects are seen by God as equivalent to bloodshed because they destroy the lives and livelihoods of the vulnerable. As one scholar puts it, any iniquity that crushes the poor is “blood before God.”
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Albert Barnes
On Micah 3:10
18th Century
Theologian
They build up - (literally, building, singular) Zion with blood. This may be taken literally on both sides: that the rich built their palace…
Charles Ellicott
On Micah 3:10
19th Century
Bishop
They build up Zion with blood — that is, they acquire money for the erection of splendid buildings by spoliation and robb…
John Calvin
On Micah 3:9–10
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet truly begins to prove what he had stated: that he was filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. It was, as they say, an actual proof wh…
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John Gill
On Micah 3:10
17th Century
Pastor
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Or, "O thou that buildest up" F7 or "everyone of t…
Matthew Henry
On Micah 3:9–12
17th Century
Minister
Zion's walls owe no thanks to those who build them up with blood and iniquity. The sin of man does not work the righteousness of God. Even when men…