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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Yes, you eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.

Context of Micah 3:3

1Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice, 2you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones; 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?” 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. 5This is what the Lord says: “As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim ‘peace’ if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them.

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 14:4Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the Lord.
• Ezekiel 11:3They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a 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