“Will evildoers never understand— those who consume My people as they eat bread— and never call on Adonai?”
Micah 3:3 - Tree of Life Version Now that they have eaten the flesh of my people, stripped their skin off from them, and smashed their bones to bits, they cut it up like flesh in a pot, or like meat within a caldron. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, you who eat the flesh of my people and strip their skin from off them, who break their bones and chop them in pieces as for the pot, like meat in a big kettle. American Standard Version (1901) who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. Common English Bible who devour the flesh of my people, tear off their skin, break their bones in pieces, and spread them out as if in a pot, like meat in a kettle. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin from off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot. |
“Will evildoers never understand— those who consume My people as they eat bread— and never call on Adonai?”
When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh —my adversaries and my foes— they stumbled and fell.
There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose molars are knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.
Adonai will enter into judgment with the elders of His people and with the princes: “You have devoured the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the face of the poor?” says Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot.
who say, ‘This is not the time to build houses! This city is the cooking pot and we are the meat!’
Gather the pieces into it, every good piece —thigh and shoulder. Fill it with the choice bones.
Hear this, you who trample the poor, destroying the afflicted of the land
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.
Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the night, leaving nothing but bones for morning.