Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones; New Living Translation but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones. English Standard Version you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones, Berean Standard Bible You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. King James Bible Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; New King James Version You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones; New American Standard Bible “You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones, NASB 1995 “You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones, NASB 1977 “You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones, Legacy Standard Bible You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones, Amplified Bible “You who hate good and love evil, Who tear the skin off my people And their flesh from their bones; Christian Standard Bible You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones. Holman Christian Standard Bible You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones. American Standard Version ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Aramaic Bible in Plain English Haters of good and lovers of evil, you who snatch their skin from them and their flesh from their bones Brenton Septuagint Translation who hate good, and seek evil; who tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones: Contemporary English Version but you prefer to do evil instead of what is right. You skin my people alive. You strip off their flesh, Douay-Rheims Bible You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones? English Revised Version who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; GOD'S WORD® Translation You hate good and love evil. You strip the skin off my people and the flesh off their bones. Good News Translation yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones. International Standard Version you who despise good and love evil, who tear off the skin of my people, along with the flesh from their bones. JPS Tanakh 1917 Who hate the good, and love the evil; Who rob their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones; Literal Standard Version You who are hating good, and loving evil, | Taking violently their skin from off them, | And their flesh from off their bones, Majority Standard Bible You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. New American Bible you who hate what is good, and love evil? You who tear their skin from them, and their flesh from their bones; NET Bible yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones. New Revised Standard Version you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin off my people, and the flesh off their bones; New Heart English Bible You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones; Webster's Bible Translation Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones; World English Bible You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones; Young's Literal Translation Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones, Additional Translations ... Context Rulers and Prophets Condemned1Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? 2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. 3You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”… Cross References Psalm 53:4 Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God. Isaiah 57:12 I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you. Ezekiel 11:7 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it. Ezekiel 22:27 Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain. Ezekiel 24:4 Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece--thigh and shoulder--fill it with choice bones. Micah 2:8 But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle. Micah 7:2 The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. Treasury of Scripture Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; hate. 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. 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 Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king… Amos 5:10-14 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly… love. 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. Psalm 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. Psalm 139:21,22 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? … pluck. Psalm 53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. Isaiah 3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 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. Jump to Previous Bones Evil Flesh Good Hate Haters Hating Love Pluck Pulling Rob Skin Tear ViolentlyJump to Next Bones Evil Flesh Good Hate Haters Hating Love Pluck Pulling Rob Skin Tear ViolentlyMicah 3 1. The cruelty of the princes.5. The falsehood of the prophets. 8. The false security of them both. (2, 3) Who hate the good.--The judges, instead of fulfilling the obligations of their office, whereby they should be "for the people to God-ward," perpetrated the most flagrant cruelty upon them. Micah compares it to the process of preparing food, in which every part of the animal, even to the bones, is utilised. So the judges robbed the people until there was nothing left to them.Verse 2. - The good...the evil; i.e. goodness and wickedness. Septuagint, τὰ καλά τὰ πονηρά (Amos 5:14, etc.; John 3:20; Romans 1:32). Who pluck off their skin from off them. They are not shepherds, but butchers. We have the same figurative expression for merciless extortion and pillage. Ezekiel makes a similar complaint (Ezekiel 34:2-4). Cheyne sees in this and the following verse a possible allusion to cannibalism as at least known to the Israelites by hearsay or tradition. There is a passage in Wisdom (12:5) which somewhat countenances the idea that the Canaanites were guilty of this enormity, but it is probably only a rhetorical exaggeration of the writer. In the present passage the terms seem to be simply metaphors taken from the preparation of meat for human food. Such an allusion is natural in the mouth of one who had just been speaking of Israel as a flock (Micah 2:12). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You hateשֹׂ֥נְאֵי (śō·nə·’ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 8130: To hate good ט֖וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and love וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי (wə·’ō·hă·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 157: To have affection f evil. רָ֑ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil You tear גֹּזְלֵ֤י (gō·zə·lê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 1497: To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob the skin עוֹרָם֙ (‘ō·w·rām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5785: Skin, hide, leather from My people מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (mê·‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition-m | third person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against and strip the flesh וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם (ū·šə·’ê·rām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7607: Flesh, as living, for, food, food of any kind, kindred by blood from מֵעַ֥ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against their bones. עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃ (‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯām) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame Links Micah 3:2 NIVMicah 3:2 NLT Micah 3:2 ESV Micah 3:2 NASB Micah 3:2 KJV Micah 3:2 BibleApps.com Micah 3:2 Biblia Paralela Micah 3:2 Chinese Bible Micah 3:2 French Bible Micah 3:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Micah 3:2 You who hate the good and love (Mc Mic. 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