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The Leaders of Israel Are Guilty of Evil

Then I said, “Listen, leaders of Jacob and officers of the nation[a] of Israel!
    You should know what justice is.
But you hate good and love evil.
    You tear the skin off the people
    and tear the flesh off their bones.
You are destroying my people.[b]
    You take their skin off them and break their bones.
    You chop their bones up like meat to put in the pot!

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:1 nation Literally, “house.” This might mean the royal family of that country.
  2. Micah 3:3 You are destroying my people Literally, “You who eat the flesh of my people.”

Leaders and Prophets Rebuked

Then I said,

“Listen, you leaders(A) of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
    you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;(B)
who eat my people’s flesh,(C)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;(D)
who chop(E) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?(F)

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