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;
• 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;
• New Living Translation (NLT)but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.

Context of Micah 3:2

1Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice, you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones; 3who 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?” 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

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 you have found me, my enemy!” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.
• 1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel brought together the prophets—about four hundred men—and asked them, “Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?” “Go,” they answered, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”
• Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.
• Luke 19:14“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
• John 15:18“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
• Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!
• Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
• 2 Timothy 3:3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
• 2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the wrath of the Lord is on you.
• Psalms 15:4who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;
• Psalms 139:21Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
• Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.
• John 18:40They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.
• Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
• Psalms 53:4Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never 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