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Micah 3:2

Sin

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?

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 will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

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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.

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BSB
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
KJV
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
WEB
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
ASV
ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
DARBY
Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
BLB
those hating good and loving evil, those tearing away their skin from upon them, and their flesh from their bones,
ÅB
Dere som hater det gode og elsker det onde,
som flår huden av dem
og kjøttet av beinene deres,
OTB
Dere som hater godhet og elsker ondskap,
Som river bort deres hud
Og deres kjøtt fra deres ben,
B1930
I som hater det gode og elsker det onde, I som flår huden av dem og kjøttet av deres ben,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 22:27

    Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

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  • Psalms 53:4

    Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

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  • Proverbs 28:4

    They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

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  • 1 Kings 21:20

    And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  • 2 Chronicles 19:2

    And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

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  • 1 Kings 22:6–8

    Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

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  • Romans 12:9

    Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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  • 2 Timothy 3:3

    Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

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