Micah 3:2

2 you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;

Micah 3:2 in Other Translations

KJV
2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
ESV
2 you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,
NLT
2 but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.
MSG
2 Haters of good, lovers of evil: Isn't justice in your job description? But you skin my people alive. You rip the meat off their bones.
CSB
2 You hate good and love evil. You tear off the skin of people and [strip] their flesh from their bones.

Micah 3:2 In-Context

1 Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice,
2 you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;
3 who eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?”
4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done.
5 This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim ‘peace’ if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 53:4; S Ezekiel 22:27
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