Michea 3:2

2 Essi odiano il bene, ed amano il male; scorticano il mio popolo, e gli strappano la carne d’in su le ossa.

Michea 3:2 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 3:2

Who hate the good, and love the evil
Instead of knowing and doing what was just and right; or, directly contrary to their light and knowledge, and the duty of their office, they hated that which is good, which is agreeable to the law, nature, and will of God, and loved that which is evil, which is contrary thereunto; or they hated to do good, and loved to do evil, as the Targum; as men do who are averse to good, and prone to evil; or they hated a good man, as Aben Ezra, and loved the evil man; not only delighted in committing sin themselves, but took pleasure in those that did it; and could not endure the company and conversation of holy and good men: who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their
bones:
like wild beasts that tear off skin and flesh from the bones, and then devour them; or like cruel shepherds, that, not content to fleece their flocks, skin them, and take their flesh also, and feed themselves, and not the flock; or like butchers, that first take off the skin off a beast, and then cut up its flesh. The design of the expressions is to show what rigour, cruelty, and oppressions, these rulers exercised on the people and by their heavy taxes and levies, and exorbitant penalties and fines, pillaged and plundered them of all they had in the world, and left them quite bare, as bones stripped of their skin and flesh. So the Targum,

``seizing on their substance by violence, and their precious mammon they take away.''

Michea 3:2 In-Context

1 OR io ho detto: Deh! ascoltate, capi di Giacobbe, e voi conduttori della casa d’Israele: Non vi si appartiene egli di conoscer la dirittura?

2 Essi odiano il bene, ed amano il male; scorticano il mio popolo, e gli strappano la carne d’in su le ossa.

3 E ciò che mangiano è la carne del mio popolo, e gli traggono la pelle d’addosso, e gli fiaccano le ossa; e tagliano quella a pezzi, come per metterla in una pignatta; ed a guisa di carne, che si mette in mezzo d’una pentola.

4 Allora grideranno al Signore, ma egli non risponderà loro; anzi, in quel tempo egli nasconderà la sua faccia da loro, secondo che hanno malvagiamente operato.

5 Così ha detto il Signore contro a’ profeti, che traviano il mio popolo; che predicando pace, mordono co’ lor denti; e se alcuno non dà loro nulla in bocca, bandiscono contro a lui la guerra;