Micah 3:1-3

Unjust Leaders Judged

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Then I said, “Now listen,^(A) leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?^(B)

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You hate good and love evil.
You tear off people’s skin^(C)
and strip their flesh from their bones.

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You eat the flesh^(D) of my people
after you strip their skin from them
and break their bones.
You chop them up^(E)
like flesh for the cooking pot,
like meat in a cauldron.”

Cross references:

A. Micah 3:1: Isaiah 1:10

B. Micah 3:1: Psalm 82:1-5; Jeremiah 5:5

C. Micah 3:2: Psalm 53:4; Ezekiel 22:27; Ezekiel 7:2-3

D. Micah 3:3: Psalm 14:4; Psalm 27:2

E. Micah 3:3: Ezekiel 11:3; Ezekiel 11:6-7