Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself over to do what is evil in Adonai’s eyes.
Micah 3:2 - Tree of Life Version You haters of good and lovers of evil, you are robbing their skin from them and their flesh from their bones.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You who hate the good and love the evil, who pluck and steal the skin from off [My people] and their flesh from off their bones; American Standard Version (1901) ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Common English Bible you who hate good and love evil, who tear the skin off them, and the flesh off their bones, Catholic Public Domain Version you who hold hatred for good, and love evil, who violently steal their skins from over them and their flesh from over their bones? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones? |
Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself over to do what is evil in Adonai’s eyes.
Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate Adonai? Because of this, wrath from before Adonai is against you.
who despises a vile person in his eyes, but honors those who fear Adonai, who keeps his oath even when it hurts, and does not change,
All have turned aside— together they have become corrupt. There is no one who does good— no, not even one!
Those who forsake Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah stir them up.
What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the face of the poor?” says Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot.
Oy to those who call evil good and good evil, who present darkness as light and light as darkness, who present bitter as sweet, and sweet as bitter!
I will expose your ‘righteousness’, and your deeds—they will not profit you.
Therefore, thus says Adonai Elohim, “Your corpses you have laid in the midst of it, they are the meat and this city is the cooking pot! But I will bring you out of it.
Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing at prey, spilling blood and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
Gather the pieces into it, every good piece —thigh and shoulder. Fill it with the choice bones.
You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fat ones. But you do not take care of the sheep.
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on Samaria’s hill, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters: “Bring, so we may drink.”
Hate evil, love good, maintain justice at the gate. Maybe Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot will extend grace to Joseph’s remnant.
But recently My people arose as an enemy. You strip off the outer robe of a garment from those passing through confidently— those returning from war.
The pious have perished from the land, there is none upright among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood. A man hunts his brother with a net.
Both hands are diligent at doing evil. The official and the judge ask for a bribe. The distinguished man utters a desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.
Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the night, leaving nothing but bones for morning.
But his citizens detested him and they sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this fellow to reign over us!’
They shouted back, “Not this One, but Bar-Abba!” Now Bar-Abba was a revolutionary.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify that its works are evil.
Though they know God’s righteous decree—that those who practice such things deserve death—they not only do them but also approve of others who practice the same.
Let love be without hypocrisy—detesting what is evil, holding fast to the good.
hardhearted, unforgiving, backbiting, without self-control, brutal, hating what is good,