Micah 3:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.

Cross References

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

Psalm 27:2

When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

Isaiah 3:15

By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.

Ezekiel 11:3

Who say, This is not the time for building houses: this town is the cooking-pot and we are the flesh.

Ezekiel 24:4

And get the bits together, the fat tail, every good part, the leg and the top part of it: make it full of the best bones.

Amos 8:4

Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

Micah 2:8

As for you, you have become haters of those who were at peace with you: you take the clothing of those who go by without fear, and make them prisoners of war.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.