Micah 3:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ and who have eaten the flesh of My people, and stripped off their skin, and have broken their bones, and have cut it up as into a pot, like flesh in the cooking pot?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Yes, you who eat the flesh of my people and strip their skin from off them, who break their bones and chop them in pieces as for the pot, like meat in a big kettle.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

Common English Bible

³ who devour the flesh of my people, tear off their skin, break their bones in pieces, and spread them out as if in a pot, like meat in a kettle.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ They have devoured the flesh of my people, and have stripped their skin from over them, and they have shattered and chopped their bones, as if for the kettle, and like flesh in the middle of the pot.

Micah 3:3 Cross References

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call on יהוה ?

Psalm 27:2

When evil-doers come against me To eat up my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, They shall stumble and fall.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are swords, And whose jaw-teeth are knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.

Isaiah 3:14

יהוה  enters into judgment with the elders of His people and its heads, “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard, the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 3:15

“What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Master, יהוה  of hosts.

Ezekiel 11:3

who are saying, ‘It is not near, let us build houses. This city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

Ezekiel 24:4

“Gather pieces of meat in it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, fill it with choice bones.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, to do away with the poor of the land,

Micah 2:8

“And lately My people have risen up as an enemy. You strip off the robe with the garment from those who trust you, as they pass by – those returning from battle.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.