Micah 3:3

Micah 3:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
• New International Version (NIV)who eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones in pieces and chop them up like meat in a pot, like flesh in a cauldron.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop them in pieces Like meat for the pot, Like flesh in the caldron.”

Context of Micah 3:3

1I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just, 2yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones. You 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.” 5This is what the Lord says: “The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.

Micah 3:3 word by word

וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר אָכְלוּ֮ שְׁאֵ֣ר עַמִּי֒ וְעוֹרָם֙ מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם הִפְשִׁ֔יטוּ וְאֶת־עַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖ם פִּצֵּ֑חוּ וּפָרְשׂוּ֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּסִּ֔יר וּכְבָשָׂ֖ר בְּת֥וֹךְ קַלָּֽחַת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who also eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the fleshשְׁאֵרshe'êr · fleshH7607
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and flayפָּשַׁטpâshaţ · to stripH6584
• their skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• from off them; and they breakפָּצַחpâtsach · to break outH6476
• their bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• and chop them in piecesפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• as for the potסִירsîyr sîyrâh sirâh · potH5518
• and as fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• withinתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• the caldronקַלַּ֫חַתqallachath · caldronH7037

Cross-references for Micah 3:3

• Psalms 14:4All those who behave wickedly do not understand – those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.
• Ezekiel 11:3They say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.’

Commentaries on Micah 3:3

• 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. 33. pot ... flesh within ... caldron--manifold species of cruel oppressions. Compare Eze 24:3, &c., containing, as to the coming punishment, the same figure as is here used of the sin: implying that the sin and punishment exactly correspond.Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 3:3

• Church
• Extortion
• Government
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Divine
• Pluck
• Teach
• Bone; Bones
• Caldron
• Chop
• Flesh
• Meals, Meal-Time
• Micah (2)
• Pot

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