Lux Domini
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.

What does Micah 3:12 mean?

Zion's walls owe no thanks to those that build them up with blood and iniquity. The sin of man works not the righteousness of God.

Key themes

HopeJustice and mercyHumilityJustice

Read with

Keep this verse inside Micah 3:8-12 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

Glossary

Jerusalem Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.

Zion Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.

Mount Zion Place

Biblical hill. Modern identification: Mount Zion.