Micah 3:2

you who hate good and love evil! You tear off their skin, and rip the flesh from their bones.

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In The King James Version

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

In Context

1Then I said, “Please listen, leaders of the descendants of Jacob, people of Israel. You are meant to know the difference between right and wrong,

3You eat the flesh of my people, you strip off their skin, you break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the saucepan, like flesh for the cooking pot.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel brought out the prophets—four hundred of them—and he asked them, “Should I go up and attack Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?” “Yes, go ahead,” they replied, “for the Lord will hand it over to the king.”

Psalms 15:4They reject people the Lord has rejected, but honor those who follow the Lord. They keep their promises even when it's hard to do. They don't change their minds.

Psalms 139:21Lord, don't I hate those who hate you? I despise those who rebel against you!

Isaiah 3:15Why have you crushed my people? Why have you ground the faces of the poor into the dirt? the Lord Almighty demands to know.

Ezekiel 22:27Her city officials are like wolves ripping up their prey, killing people, destroying lives so they can profit through fraud.

Amos 4:1Listen to this message, you well-fed cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who order your husbands, “Bring us drinks!”

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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