Micah 3:1
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
2 You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
3 You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?
- ASV
- And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?
- DARBY
- And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
- BLB
- And I said: “Hear now, O heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Is [it] not for you⁺ to know justice—
- ÅB
- Og jeg sa:
Hør, dere Jakobs høvdinger,
dere ledere for Israels hus!
Er det ikke deres sak å kjenne retten? - OTB
- Og jeg sa,
"Hør nå, dere ledere av Jakob
Og herskere over Israels hus.
Er det ikke for dere å kjenne rettferdighet? - B1930
- Og jeg sa: Hør, I Jakobs høvdinger og I dommere for Israels hus! Er det ikke eders sak å vite hvad rett er?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 82:1–5
God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
Read in contextIsaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
Read in contextJeremiah 5:4–5
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Read in contextHosea 5:1
“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:5
I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
Read in contextMicah 3:9–10
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:13–17
Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
Read in contextJeremiah 22:2–3
saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.
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