Micah

Micah 3:2–4

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.”

⁴Then they will cry out to the LORD,

but He will not answer them.

At that time He will hide His face from them

because of the evil they have done.

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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

Micah 3:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then	אָ֚ז	’āz	Adverb	H227 at that time, then
they will cry out	יִזְעֲק֣וּ	yiz·‘ă·qū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2199 cry, cry out, call
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
but He will not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
answer	יַעֲנֶ֖ה	ya·‘ă·neh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
them	אוֹתָ֑ם	’ō·w·ṯām	Direct object marker; third person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
At that	הַהִ֔יא	ha·hî	Article; Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
time	בָּעֵ֣ת	bā·‘êṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H6256 time
He will hide	וְיַסְתֵּ֨ר	wə·yas·têr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H5641 hide, conceal
His face	פָּנָ֤יו	pā·nāw	Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
from them	מֵהֶם֙	mê·hem	Preposition-m; Pronoun - third person masculine plural
because of	כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the evil	הֵרֵ֖עוּ	hê·rê·‘ū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H7489 be evil, bad
they have done	מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃פ	ma·‘al·lê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H4611 deed, practice

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

Micah 3:4 Proverbs 1:28 · Isaiah 1:15 · Ezekiel 8:18 · Psalm 18:41 · Deuteronomy 31:17–18 · Deuteronomy 32:19–20 · Matthew 7:22 · Isaiah 59:1–15 · Zechariah 7:13 · Micah 2:3–4 · James 2:13 · Isaiah 3:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.