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, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren’t you supposed to know what is just? You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones. 3You eat the flesh of my people after you strip their skin from them and break 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. He will hide his face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed.

Micah 3:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who hateשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• the goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• and loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• who pluck offגָּזַלgâzal · to plunderH1497
• their skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• from off them, and their fleshשְׁאֵרshe'êr · fleshH7607
• from off their bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106

Cross-references for Micah 3:2

• 1 Kings 21:20Ahab said to Elijah, “So, my enemy, you’ve found me, have you?” He replied, “I have found you because you devoted yourself to do what is evil in the Lord’s sight.
• 1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go against Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain?” They replied, “March up, and the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
• Amos 5:10They hate the one who convicts the guilty at the city gate, and they despise the one who speaks with integrity.
• Luke 19:14“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us.’
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me because I testify about it — that its works are evil.
• John 15:18“If the world hates you, understand that it hated me before it hated you.
• Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.
• Romans 12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.
• 2 Timothy 3:3unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,
• 2 Chronicles 19:2Then Jehu son of the seer Hanani went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the Lord’s wrath is on you.
• Psalms 15:4who despises the one rejected by the Lord but honors those who fear the Lord, who keeps his word whatever the cost,
• Psalms 139:21Lord, don’t I hate those who hate you, and detest those who rebel against you?
• Proverbs 28:4Those who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law pit themselves against them.
• John 18:40They shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.
• Romans 1:32Although they know God’s just sentence — that those who practice such things deserve to die — they not only do them, but even applaud others who practice them.
• Psalms 53:4Will evildoers never understand? They consume my people as they consume bread; they do not call on 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