Micah 3:3

Easy To Read Version

You are destroying my people! {\cf2\super [37]} \par You take their skin off them,\par and break their bones.\par You chop their bones up like \{meat\}\par to put in the pot!\par

Cross References

Psalm 14:4

Bad people have destroyed my people.\par And those bad people don’t know God.\par Bad people have plenty of food to eat. {\cf2\super [76]} \par And they don’t even worship the Lord.\par

Psalm 27:2

Evil people might attack me.\par They might try to destroy my body.\par My enemies might try to attack\par and destroy me.\par

Proverbs 30:14

There are people whose teeth are like swords. Their jaws are like knives. They use their time to take everything they can from poor people.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord will give his judgment against the elders {\cf2\super [32]} and leaders for the things they have done.

Isaiah 3:15

What gives you the right to hurt my people? What gives you the right to push the faces of the poor people into the dirt?” My Master, the Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Ezekiel 11:3

These men say, ‘We will be building our houses again very soon. \{We are as safe in this city as\} meat in a pot!’

Ezekiel 24:4

Put in the pieces of meat.\par Put in every good piece,\par the thighs and the shoulders.\par Fill the pot with the best bones.\par

Amos 8:4

Listen to me!\par You people walk on helpless people.\par You are trying to destroy the poor people of this country.\par

Micah 2:8

But to my people,\par they are like an enemy.\par You steal the clothes right off the backs\par of people walking by.\par Those people think they are safe.\par But you \{take things from them\}\par like they are prisoners of war. {\cf2\super [32]} \par

Zephaniah 3:3

Jerusalem’s leaders are like roaring lions. Her judges {\cf2\super [19]} are like hungry wolves that come in the evening \{to attack the sheep\}—and in the morning nothing is left.