Micah 3:3

They have devoured the flesh of my people, and have stripped their skin from over them, and they have shattered and chopped their bones, as if for the kettle, and like flesh in the middle of the pot.

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In The King James Version

Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

In Context

2you who hold hatred for good, and love evil, who violently steal their skins from over them and their flesh from over their bones?

4Then they will cry out to the Lord, and he will not heed them. And he will hide his face from them in that time, just as they have acted wickedly with their inventions.

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Cross References

Proverbs 30:14There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor from among men.

Ezekiel 11:3saying: ‘Was it so long ago that houses were being built? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

Amos 8:4Hear this, you who crush the poor and who make those in need of land to do without.

Matthew Henry on Micah 3:2-8

The Crimes of the Princes and Prophets. ( b. c. 726.) 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto the Lord , but he… Read the whole commentary →

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