Micah

Micah 3:1–2

¹Then I said:

“Hear now, O leaders of Jacob,

you rulers of the house of Israel.

Should you not know justice?

²You hate good and love evil.

You tear the skin from my people

and strip the flesh from their bones.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then I said	וָאֹמַ֗ר	wā·’ō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
Hear	שִׁמְעוּ־	šim·‘ū-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H8085 hear
now	נָא֙	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
O leaders	רָאשֵׁ֣י	rā·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7218 head
of Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֔ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
you rulers	וּקְצִינֵ֖י	ū·qə·ṣî·nê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H7101 chief, ruler
of the house	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
Should you not	הֲל֣וֹא	hă·lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	לָדַ֖עַת	lā·ḏa·‘aṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3045 know
justice	הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃	ham·miš·pāṭ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4941 judgment

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You hate	שֹׂ֥נְאֵי	śō·nə·’ê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H8130 hate
good	ט֖וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
and love	וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי	wə·’ō·hă·ḇê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H157 love
evil	רָעָה	rå̄·ʿå̄h	Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
You tear	גֹּזְלֵ֤י	gō·zə·lê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H1497 tear away, seize, rob
the skin	עוֹרָם֙	‘ō·w·rām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5785 skin
from my people	מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	mê·‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition-m; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
and strip the flesh	וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם	ū·šə·’ê·rām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H7607 flesh
from	מֵעַ֥ל	mê·‘al	Preposition-m	H5921 height
their bones	עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃	‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯām	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6106 bone, substance, self

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Micah 3:1 Psalm 82:1–5 · Hosea 5:1 · Jeremiah 5:4–5 · Isaiah 1:10

Micah 3:2 Ezekiel 22:27 · Proverbs 28:4 · Psalm 53:4 · Romans 12:9 · 1 Kings 21:20 · 1 Kings 22:6–8 · 2 Chronicles 19:2 · Acts 7:51–52 · 2 Timothy 3:3 · Romans 1:32

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.