Miqueas 3:3

3 Sí, devoran la carne de mi pueblo,
le arrancan la piel
y le rompen los huesos.
Los cortan en pedazos,
como carne para la olla.

Miqueas 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 3:3

Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skins from
off them
Like cannibals, flay them alive, and then eat their flesh: this signifies, as before, devouring their substance, only expressed in terms which still more set forth their savageness, inhumanity, barbarity, and cruelty. So the Targum,

``who spoil the substance of my people, and their precious mammon they take from them;''

and what aggravated their guilt was, that they were the Lord's people by profession and religion they so used; whom he had committed to their care to rule over, protect, and defend: and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and
as flesh within the caldron:
did with them as cooks do, who not only cut flesh off the bones, and into slices, but break the bones themselves, to get out the marrow, and chop them small, that they may have all the virtue that is in them, to make their soup and broth the richer; by which is signified, that these wicked and avaricious rulers took every method to squeeze the people, and get all their wealth and riches into their hands, that they might have in a more riotous and luxurious manner.

Miqueas 3:3 In-Context

1 Juicio contra los líderes de Israel
Yo dije: «¡Escuchen, líderes de Israel!
Ustedes deberían saber cómo distinguir entre lo bueno y lo malo.

2 Sin embargo, ustedes mismos son los
que odian lo bueno y aman lo malo.
Despellejan vivo a mi pueblo
y le arrancan la carne de sus huesos.

3 Sí, devoran la carne de mi pueblo,
le arrancan la piel
y le rompen los huesos.
Los cortan en pedazos,
como carne para la olla.

4 ¡Y luego, cuando tienen problemas, suplican la ayuda del Señor
!
¿Realmente esperan que él les responda?
Después de todo el mal que han hecho,
¡ni siquiera los mirará!».

5 Esto es lo que dice el Señor
:
«¡Ustedes, falsos profetas, llevan a mi pueblo por mal camino!
Prometen paz a quienes les dan de comer,
pero le declaran la guerra a quienes se niegan a alimentarlos.