Micah 3:2

Micah 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
• New International Version (NIV)you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;
• English Standard Version (ESV)you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,
• New King James Version (NKJV)You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones;

Context of Micah 3:2

1Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? You 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.” 4Then 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.

Micah 3:2 word by word

שֹׂ֥נְאֵי ט֖וֹב וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי רָ֑ע גֹּזְלֵ֤י עוֹרָם֙ מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם מֵעַ֥ל עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• You hateשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• and loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• You tearגָּזַלgâzal · to plunderH1497
• the skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• from my peopleעַל‛al · uponH5921
• and strip the fleshשְׁאֵרshe'êr · fleshH7607
• their bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106

Cross-references for Micah 3:2

• 1 Kings 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
• Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
• Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
• John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
• Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
• Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• 2 Timothy 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
• 2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
• Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
• Psalms 139:21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
• Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
• John 18:40“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
• Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
• Psalms 53:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

Commentaries on Micah 3:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Who hate the good and love the evil - that is, they hate, for its own sake, that which is good, and love that which is evil. The prophet is not here speaking of their “hating good” men, or “loving evil” men, but of their hating goodness and loving wickedness.: “It is sin not to love good; what guilt to hate it! it is faulty, not to flee from evil, what ungodliness to love it!” Man, at first, loves and admires the good, even while he cloth it not; he hates…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3The leaders acted like wild animals. They harmed their own people and treated them without mercy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. pluck off their skin ... flesh--rob their fellow countrymen of all their substance (Psa 14:4; Pr 30:14).Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 3:2

• Church
• Extortion
• Government
• Rulers
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Divine
• Pluck
• Teach
• Bone; Bones
• Flesh
• Micah (2)
• Text of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Micah 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings