Micah 3:3

God's Word

You eat my people’s flesh. You strip off their skin. You break their bones to pieces. You chop them up like meat for a pot, like stew meat for a kettle.

Cross References

Psalm 14:4

Are all those troublemakers, those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, so ignorant that they do not call on the Lord?

Psalm 27:2

Evildoers closed in on me to tear me to pieces. My opponents and enemies stumbled and fell.

Proverbs 30:14

A certain kind of person, whose teeth are like swords and whose jaws are ⌞like⌟ knives, devours oppressed people from the earth and people from among humanity.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord presents his case to the respected leaders and the officials of his people: “You have burned down the vineyard! Your houses are filled with goods stolen from the poor.”

Isaiah 3:15

The Almighty Lord of Armies asks, “How can you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor ⌞into the ground⌟?”

Ezekiel 11:3

They say, ‘It’s almost time to rebuild homes. This city is a cooking pot, and we’re the meat.’

Ezekiel 24:4

Cut the meat into pieces, all the best pieces, the thigh and shoulder. Fill the pot with the meatiest bones

Amos 8:4

Listen to this, those who trample on the needy and ruin those who are oppressed in the world.

Micah 2:8

Recently, my people have turned into enemies. You take coats from those who pass by without a care as they return from war.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are ⌞like⌟ roaring lions. Its judges are ⌞like⌟ wolves in the evening. They leave nothing to gnaw on for the morning.