Revised Version 1895
Micah 3:2
2who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off 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, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know judgment? who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3who also eat the flesh of my people; and they flay their skin from off them, and break their bones: yea, they chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not answer them: yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
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שֹׂ֥נְאֵי ט֖וֹב וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי רָ֑ע גֹּזְלֵ֤י עוֹרָם֙ מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם מֵעַ֥ל עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Micah 3:2
- 1 Kings 21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to do that which is 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 unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
- Amos 5:10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
- John 15:18If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.
- Acts 7:51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
- Romans 12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- 2 Timothy 3:3without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
- 2 Chronicles 19:2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate the LORD? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before the LORD.
- Psalms 15:4In whose eyes a reprobate is despised; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
- Psalms 139:21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
- Proverbs 28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
- John 18:40They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
- Romans 1:32who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they which practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.
- Psalms 53:4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not 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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