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Micah 3:2
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You hate good and love evil.You tear off people’s skinand strip their flesh from their bones.
You who hate the good, And love the evil; Who tear off their skin, And their flesh from off their bones;
Who hate the good and loue the euill, who plucke off their skinne from off them, and their flesh from off their bones.
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,
"You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
but you hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
"You who hate good and love evil, Who tear the skin off my people And their flesh from their bones;
But they hate the good, and loue the euill: they plucke off their skinnes from them, & their flesh from their bones.
"You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
You who hate good and love evil,Who tear off their skin from themAnd their flesh from their bones,
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from My people and strip the flesh from their bones.
but you prefer to do evil instead of what is right. You skin my people alive. You strip off their flesh,
Yet you hate what is good and love what is bad. You strip off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones,
Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
But you hate good and love evil. You tear the skin off the people and tear the flesh off their bones.
O you haters of the good and lovers of evil, who strip the skin from off the people and the flesh from off their bones;
yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
Those of you who are haters of good and lovers of evil, who tear their skin from them and their flesh from their bones,
Those hating good and loving evil, who pull their skin off them, and their flesh from their bones;
ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who rob their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
[But] they hate the good, and loue the euill, they plucke of their skinnes from them, and their fleshe from their bones.
who hate good, and seek evil; who tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:
who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
You who hate the good, And love the evil; Who tear off their skin, And their flesh from off their bones;
and louen yuele? Whiche violentli taken awei the skynnes of hem fro aboue hem, and the fleisch of hem fro aboue the bonys of hem.
you who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
You who hate good and love evil;Who strip the skin from My people, [fn] And the flesh from their bones;
but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.
Yet you hate good and love sin. You tear off the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones.
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin off my people, and the flesh off their bones;
Ye haters of right, and lovers of wrong, - tearing away their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them and their flesh from their bones?
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people, and their flesh from off their bones;
Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
But ye hate the good, and loue the euell: ye plucke of mens skynnes, and the flesh from their bones:
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
hate: 1 Kings 21:20, 1 Kings 22:6-8, Amos 5:10-14, Luke 19:14, John 7:7, John 15:18, John 15:19, John 15:23, John 15:24, Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52, Romans 12:9, 2 Timothy 3:3
love: 2 Chronicles 19:2, Psalms 15:4, Psalms 139:21, Psalms 139:22, Proverbs 28:4, John 18:40, Romans 1:32
pluck: Psalms 53:4, Isaiah 3:15, Ezekiel 22:27, Ezekiel 34:3, Amos 8:4-6, Zephaniah 3:3, Zechariah 11:4, Zechariah 11:5
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 25:1 - General Job 31:31 - Oh Psalms 14:4 - eat up Psalms 52:3 - lovest Psalms 57:3 - from the reproach of him Psalms 94:5 - break Psalms 103:6 - executeth Proverbs 1:12 - swallow Proverbs 21:10 - findeth no favour Isaiah 1:21 - it was full Isaiah 57:12 - General Isaiah 58:6 - to loose Jeremiah 6:13 - For Ezekiel 11:6 - General Ezekiel 11:7 - Your Ezekiel 16:49 - neither Ezekiel 18:7 - hath not Ezekiel 24:4 - General Hosea 4:2 - swearing Amos 2:6 - because Luke 20:47 - devour Philippians 1:10 - ye 2 Thessalonians 2:12 - but
Cross-References
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Who hate the good, and love the evil,.... Instead of knowing and doing what was just and right; or, directly contrary to their light and knowledge, and the duty of their office, they hated that which is good, which is agreeable to the law, nature, and will of God, and loved that which is evil, which is contrary thereunto; or they hated to do good, and loved to do evil, as the Targum; as men do who are averse to good, and prone to evil; or they hated a good man, as Aben Ezra, and loved the evil man; not only delighted in committing sin themselves, but took pleasure in those that did it; and could not endure the company and conversation of holy and good men:
who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones: like wild beasts that tear off skin and flesh from the bones, and then devour them; or like cruel shepherds, that, not content to fleece their flocks, skin them, and take their flesh also, and feed themselves, and not the flock; or like butchers, that first take off the skin off a beast, and then cut up its flesh. The design of the expressions is to show what rigour, cruelty, and oppressions, these rulers exercised on the people and by their heavy taxes and levies, and exorbitant penalties and fines, pillaged and plundered them of all they had in the world, and left them quite bare, as bones stripped of their skin and flesh. So the Targum,
"seizing on their substance by violence, and their precious mammon they take away.''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Who 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 âhating goodâ men, or âloving evilâ men, but of their hating goodness and loving wickedness . : âIt is sin not to love good; what guilt to hate it! it is faulty, not to flee from evil, what ungodliness to love it!â Man, at first, loves and admires the good, even while he cloth it not; he hates the evil, even while he does it, or as soon as he has done it. But man cannot bear to he at strife with his conscience, and so he ends it, by excusing himself and telling lies to himself. And then, he hates the truth or good with a bitter hatred, because it disturbs the darkness of the false peace with which he would envelop himself. At first, men love only the pleasure connected with the evil; then they make whom they can, evil, because goodness is a reproach to them: in the end, they love evil for its own sake Romans 1:32. pagan morality too distinguished between the incontinent and the unprincipled , the man who sinned under force of temptation, and the man who had lost the sense of right and wrong John 3:20. âEveryone that doeth evil, hateth the light. Whoso longeth for things unlawful, hateth the righteousness which rebuketh and punishethâ .
Who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones - He had described the Good Shepherd; now, in contrast, he describes those who ought to be âshepherds of the people,â to feed, guard, direct them, but who were their butchers; who did not shear them, but flayed them; who fed on them, not fed them. He heaps up their guilt, act by act. First they flay, that is, take away their outer goods; then they break their bones in pieces, the most solid parts, on which the whole frame of their body depends, to get at the very marrow of their life, and so feed themselves upon them. And not unlike, though still more fearfully, do they sin, who first remove the skin, as it were, or outward tender fences of Godâs graces; (such as is modesty, in regard to inward purity; outward demeanor, of inward virtue; outward forms, of inward devotion;) and so break the strong bones of the sterner virtues, which hold the whole soul together; and with them the whole flesh, or softer graces, becomes one shapeless mass, shred to pieces and consumed. So Ezekiel says; âWoe to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves; should not the shepherds feed the flock? Ye eat the fat and ye clothe you, with the wool, ye kill them that are fed, ye feed not the flock. The diseased have ye not strengthened ...â (Ezekiel 34:2-4, add Ezekiel 34:5-10).
