Micah 2:8

New International Version

Lately my people have risen up like an enemy. You strip off the rich robe from those who pass by without a care, like men returning from battle.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:19

We are the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow up the Lord’s inheritance?”

Psalm 55:20

My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

Isaiah 9:21

Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh; together they will turn against Judah. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

Jeremiah 12:8

My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest. She roars at me; therefore I hate her.

Micah 3:2

you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;

Micah 3:3

who eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?”

Micah 7:2

The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire— they all conspire together.