New American Standard Bible 1995
Micah 3:2
2You who hate good and love evil, Who 1tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
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
1And I said, “Hear now, heads of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice? You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones, 3Who eat the flesh of my people, Strip off their skin from them, Break their bones And chop them up as for the pot And as meat in a kettle.” 4Then they will cry out to the Lord, But He will not answer them. Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time Because they have practiced evil deeds.
Read all of Micah 3Micah 3:2 word by word
שֹׂ֥נְאֵי ט֖וֹב וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי רָ֑ע גֹּזְלֵ֤י עוֹרָם֙ מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם מֵעַ֥ל עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Micah 3:2
- 1 Kings 21:20Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord.
- 1 Kings 22:6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
- Amos 5:10They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity.
- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
- John 15:18“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
- Acts 7:51“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.
- Romans 12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.
- 2 Timothy 3:3unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
- 2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord and so bring wrath on yourself from the Lord?
- Psalms 15:4In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honors those who fear the Lord; He swears to his own hurt and does not change;
- Psalms 139:21Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
- Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them.
- John 18:40So they cried out again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.
- Romans 1:32and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
- Psalms 53:4Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up My people as though they ate bread And have not called 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
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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
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