Miqueas 3:2

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.

Miqueas 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.''

Miqueas 3:2 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.