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

1I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just, yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones. 3You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot – like meat in a kettle. 4Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”

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 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah replied, “I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
• 1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said, “Attack! The sovereign one will hand it over to the king.”
• Amos 5:10The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.
• Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
• John 15:18“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.
• Acts 7:51“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
• Romans 12:9Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
• 2 Timothy 3:3unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,
• 2 Chronicles 19:2the prophet Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you!
• Psalms 15:4He despises a reprobate, but honors the Lord’s loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.
• Psalms 139:21O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you?
• Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
• John 18:40Then they shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)
• Romans 1:32Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.
• Psalms 53:4All those who behave wickedly do not understand – those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to 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