Focused Passage

Micah 3:1-4

Judgment Against Corrupt Leaders, Priests, and Prophets

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

2 You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

3 You 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.”

4 Then 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.

Study Helps

References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

Psalms 82:5 Classic cross-references Isaiah 10:1 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 34:2 Classic cross-references Amos 3:1 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 21:11 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 5:2-4 OliveGrove study links John 10:11-15 OliveGrove study links Mark 10:42-45 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Then I said וָאֹמַ֗ר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Hear שִׁמְעוּ־ H8085 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural now נָא֙ H4994 Interjection O leaders רָאשֵׁ֣י H7218 Noun - masculine plural construct of Jacob יַעֲקֹ֔ב H3290 Noun - proper - masculine singular you rulers וּקְצִינֵ֖י H7101 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct of the house בֵּ֣ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular Should you not הֲל֣וֹא H3808 Adverb - Negative particle . . . לָכֶ֔ם Preposition | second person masculine plural know לָדַ֖עַת H3045 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker justice הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ H4941 Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 2

Cross-references

Ezekiel 22:27 Classic cross-references Philippians 1:10 Classic cross-references Psalms 57:3 Classic cross-references Proverbs 28:4 Classic cross-references Psalms 53:4 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 5:2-4 OliveGrove study links John 10:11-15 OliveGrove study links Mark 10:42-45 OliveGrove study links

Original words

You hate שֹׂ֥נְאֵי H8130 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct good ט֖וֹב H2896 Noun - masculine singular and love וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי H157 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct evil רָעָה H7451 Adjective - masculine singular You tear גֹּזְלֵ֤י H1497 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct the skin עוֹרָם֙ H5785 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural from my people מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם H5921 Preposition-m | third person masculine plural and strip the flesh וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם H7607 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural from מֵעַ֥ל H5921 Preposition-m their bones עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃ H6106 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 3

Cross-references

Psalms 14:4 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 11:3 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 11:6 Classic cross-references John 19:31 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 5:2-4 OliveGrove study links John 10:11-15 OliveGrove study links Mark 10:42-45 OliveGrove study links

Original words

- וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative You eat אָכְלוּ֮ H398 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural the flesh שְׁאֵ֣ר H7607 Noun - masculine singular construct of my people עַמִּי֒ H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular after stripping off הִפְשִׁ֔יטוּ H6584 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker their skin וְעוֹרָם֙ H5785 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural . . . מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם H5921 Preposition-m | third person masculine plural and breaking פִּצֵּ֑חוּ H6476 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural their bones עַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖ם H6106 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural You chop them up וּפָרְשׂוּ֙ H6566 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural like [flesh] כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative for the [cooking] pot בַּסִּ֔יר H5518 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular like meat וּכְבָשָׂ֖ר H1320 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular in בְּת֥וֹךְ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct a cauldron קַלָּֽחַת׃ H7037 Noun - feminine singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

Isaiah 59:2 Classic cross-references John 9:31 Classic cross-references Isaiah 1:15 Classic cross-references Isaiah 8:17 Classic cross-references Proverbs 1:28 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 5:2-4 OliveGrove study links John 10:11-15 OliveGrove study links Mark 10:42-45 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Then אָ֚ז H227 Adverb they will cry out יִזְעֲק֣וּ H2199 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular but He will not וְלֹ֥א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle answer יַעֲנֶ֖ה H6030 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular them אוֹתָ֑ם H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural At that הַהִ֔יא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular time בָּעֵ֣ת H6256 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular He will hide וְיַסְתֵּ֨ר H5641 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular His face פָּנָ֤יו H6440 Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular from them מֵהֶם֙ Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural because of כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative the evil הֵרֵ֖עוּ H7489 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural they have done מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃פ H4611 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

Read full chapter context All Micah chapters

<- Micah 2 Micah 3 Micah 4 ->