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Micah 3:1–3

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*And I said, aHear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob,

aAnd ye bprinces of the house of Israel;

cIs it not for you dto know judgment?

2Who hate the good, and love the evil;

eWho pluck off their skin from off them,

And their flesh from off their bones;

3eWho also feat the flesh of my people,

And flay their skin from off them;

And gthey break their bones,

And hchop them in pieces, as for the pot,

And ias flesh within kthe caldron.

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Footnotes

  1. aver. 9. See ch. 1:2.
  2. aver. 9. See ch. 1:2.
  3. bSee Isai. 1:10.
  4. cSee Jer. 5:5. So Ezek. 22:6, 27.
  5. dSee Ps. 82:5.
  6. eSo Ezek. 34:3.
  7. eSo Ezek. 34:3.
  8. fSee Ps. 14:4.
  9. gSo Num. 24:8. See Lam. 3:4.
  10. hLam. 4:4 (Heb.)?

Cross references

  1. *B.C. 710.
  2. iEzek. 11:3, 7.
  3. k1 Sam. 2:14.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I said:

Hear, you heads of Jacob

and rulers of the house of Israel!

Is it not for you to know justice?—

you who hate the good and love the evil,

who tear the skin from off my people

and their flesh from off their bones,

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.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then 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;

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?”

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob,

you rulers of the house of Israel.

Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?

You hate good and love evil.

You tear off people’s skin

and strip their flesh from their bones.

You eat the flesh of my people

after you strip their skin from them

and break their bones.

You chop them up

like flesh for the cooking pot,

like meat in a cauldron.”

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel!

You are supposed to know right from wrong,

but you are the very ones

who hate good and love evil.

You skin my people alive

and tear the flesh from their bones.

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.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I said,

“Listen, O heads of Jacob

and leaders of the house of Israel!

Is it not for you to know justice?

Those of you who are haters of good

and lovers of evil,

who tear their skin from them

and their flesh from their bones,

and who eat the flesh of my people,

and strip their skin from them,

and break their bones,

and chop them like meat in the pot,

and like flesh in the midst of a cooking pot.”

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press