Micah 3:3

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 14:4

In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing, but he glorifies those who fear the Lord. He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive.

Psalm 27:2

Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor from among men.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and with their leaders. For you have been devouring the vineyard, and the plunder from the poor is in your house.

Isaiah 3:15

Why do you wear down my people, and grind up the faces of the poor, says the Lord, the God of hosts?

Ezekiel 11:3

saying: 'Was it so long ago that houses were being built? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.'

Ezekiel 24:4

Pile together within it every morsel, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, the choice pieces and those full of bones.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who crush the poor and who make those in need of land to do without.

Micah 2:8

But, to the contrary, my people have risen up in opposition. You have lifted the cover from the undergarment, and those who passed by harmlessly, you have converted into war.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.