Micah 3:12

Easy To Read Version

\{Leaders,\} because of you,\par Zion {\cf2\super [45]} will be destroyed.\par It will become a plowed field.\par Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks.\par Temple Mount will be an empty hill {\cf2\super [46]} overgrown with bushes.\par

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

God changed the fertile land\par and it became worthless salty land.\par Why? Because of the bad people\par who were living in that place.\par

Psalm 79:1

God, some people from other nations\par came to fight your people.\par Those people ruined your holy temple.\par They left Jerusalem in ruins.\par

Isaiah 32:14

People will leave the capital city. The palace and towers will be left empty. People will not live in houses—they will live in caves. Wild donkeys and sheep will live in the city—animals will go there to eat grass.

Jeremiah 17:3

They remember those things\par on the mountains in the open country.\par The people of Judah have many treasures.\par I will give those things to other people.\par People will destroy all the high places {\cf2\super [137]} \par in your country.\par You worshiped at those places.\par And that was a sin.\par

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you don’t obey these commands, this is what the Lord says: I, the Lord, promise that this king’s palace {\cf2\super [174]} will be destroyed—it will become a pile of rocks.’”

Jeremiah 22:6

This is what the Lord says about the palace where the king of Judah lives:

Jeremiah 26:18

They said, “Micah the prophet was from the city of Moresheth. Micah was a prophet during the time that Hezekiah was king of Judah. Micah said these things to all the people of Judah:

Jeremiah 35:17

So the Lord God All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: “I said many bad things would happen to Judah and Jerusalem. I will soon make all those bad things happen. I spoke to those people, but they refused to listen. I called out to them, but they didn’t answer me.”

Jeremiah 44:2

The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says, “You people saw the terrible happenings that I brought on the city of Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah. Those towns are empty piles of stones today.

Jeremiah 52:13

Nebuzaradan burned the Lord’s temple. He also burned down the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned down every important building in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 9:10

I (Jeremiah) will cry loud for the mountains.\par I will sing a funeral song\par for the empty fields.\par Why? Because the living things\par were taken away.\par No person travels there now.\par The sounds of cattle can’t be heard there.\par The birds have flown away\par and the animals are gone.\par

Jeremiah 9:11

“I (the Lord) will make the city of Jerusalem\par a pile of garbage.\par It will be a home for jackals. {\cf2\super [75]} \par I will destroy the cities in the land of Judah,\par so no one will live there.”\par

Lamentations 5:18

Mount Zion is a wasteland.\par Foxes run around on Mount Zion.\par

Micah 1:6

So I will change Samaria into\par a pile of rocks in the field,\par a place ready for planting grapes.\par I will push Samaria’s stones down\par into the valley, leaving nothing\par but the foundations!\par

Matthew 24:2

Jesus asked the followers, “Are you looking at these buildings? I tell you the truth. They will be destroyed. Every stone will be thrown down to the ground. Not one stone will be left on another.”