Focused Passage

Micah 3:1-4

Judgment Against Corrupt Leaders, Priests, and Prophets

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

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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Verse 1

Original words

Then I saidוָאֹמַ֗רH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularHearשִׁמְעוּ־H8085Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralnowנָא֙H4994InterjectionO leadersרָאשֵׁ֣יH7218Noun - masculine plural constructof Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בH3290Noun - proper - masculine singularyou rulersוּקְצִינֵ֖יH7101Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural constructof the houseבֵּ֣יתH1004Noun - masculine singular constructof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularShould you notהֲל֣וֹאH3808Adverb - Negative particle. . .לָכֶ֔םPreposition | second person masculine pluralknowלָדַ֖עַתH3045Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct-אֶת־H853Direct object markerjusticeהַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃H4941Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 2

Original words

You hateשֹׂ֥נְאֵיH8130Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructgoodט֖וֹבH2896Noun - masculine singularand loveוְאֹ֣הֲבֵיH157Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructevilרָעָהH7451Adjective - masculine singularYou tearגֹּזְלֵ֤יH1497Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructthe skinעוֹרָם֙H5785Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralfrom my peopleמֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔םH5921Preposition-m | third person masculine pluraland strip the fleshוּשְׁאֵרָ֖םH7607Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralfromמֵעַ֥לH5921Preposition-mtheir bonesעַצְמוֹתָֽם׃H6106Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 3

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-וַאֲשֶׁ֣רH834Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relativeYou eatאָכְלוּ֮H398Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralthe fleshשְׁאֵ֣רH7607Noun - masculine singular constructof my peopleעַמִּי֒H5971Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularafter stripping offהִפְשִׁ֔יטוּH6584Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markertheir skinוְעוֹרָם֙H5785Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural. . .מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֣םH5921Preposition-m | third person masculine pluraland breakingפִּצֵּ֑חוּH6476Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluraltheir bonesעַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖םH6106Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralYou chop them upוּפָרְשׂוּ֙H6566Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plurallike [flesh]כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רH834Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativefor the [cooking] potבַּסִּ֔ירH5518Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singularlike meatוּכְבָשָׂ֖רH1320Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singularinבְּת֥וֹךְH8432Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructa cauldronקַלָּֽחַת׃H7037Noun - feminine singular
Verse 4

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Thenאָ֚זH227Adverbthey will cry outיִזְעֲק֣וּH2199Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluraltoאֶל־H413Prepositionthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularbut He will notוְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleanswerיַעֲנֶ֖הH6030Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthemאוֹתָ֑םH853Direct object marker | third person masculine pluralAt thatהַהִ֔יאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singulartimeבָּעֵ֣תH6256Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singularHe will hideוְיַסְתֵּ֨רH5641Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singularHis faceפָּנָ֤יוH6440Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singularfrom themמֵהֶם֙Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralbecause ofכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativethe evilהֵרֵ֖עוּH7489Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralthey have doneמַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃פH4611Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

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