Micah

Micah 3:2–3

²You hate good and love evil.

You tear the skin from my people

and strip the flesh from their bones.

³You eat the flesh of my people

after stripping off their skin

and breaking their bones.

You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot,

like meat in a cauldron.”

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Micah 3:2

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

Micah 3:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You eat	אָכְלוּ֮	’ā·ḵə·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H398 eat
the flesh	שְׁאֵ֣ר	šə·’êr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7607 flesh
of my people	עַמִּי֒	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
after stripping off	הִפְשִׁ֔יטוּ	hip̄·šî·ṭū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H6584 strip off, make a dash, raid
their skin	וְעוֹרָם֙	wə·‘ō·w·rām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5785 skin
and breaking	פִּצֵּ֑חוּ	piṣ·ṣê·ḥū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H6476 cause to break or burst forth, break forth with
their bones	עַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖ם	‘aṣ·mō·ṯê·hem	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6106 bone, substance, self
You chop them up	וּפָרְשׂוּ֙	ū·p̄ā·rə·śū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H6566 spread out, spread
like	כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
for the	בַּסִּ֔יר	bas·sîr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H5518 pot
like meat	וּכְבָשָׂ֖ר	ū·ḵə·ḇā·śār	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H1320 flesh
in	בְּת֥וֹךְ	bə·ṯō·wḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8432 midst
a cauldron	קַלָּֽחַת׃	qal·lā·ḥaṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H7037 caldron

Cross-references

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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

Micah 3:3 Psalm 14:4 · Ezekiel 11:3 · Ezekiel 11:6–7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.