Micah 3:2
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you who hate the good and love the evil, who pluck off their skin from off them and their flesh from off their bones,
ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
“You who hate good and love evil, Who tear the skin off my people And their flesh from their bones;
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;
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.
You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.
you who hate good and love evil, who tear the skin off them, and the flesh off their bones,
Yet you hate what is good and love what is bad. You strip off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones,
but you prefer to do evil instead of what is right. You skin my people alive. You strip off their flesh,
Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones?
But you hate good and love evil. You tear the skin off the people and tear the flesh off their bones.
But you hate what is good. And you love what is bad. You would like to tear the skin off my people, and pull the meat from their bones.
But you hate good and love evil. You tear off the skin and the flesh from the bones.
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,
but you hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
But they hate the good, and love the evil: they pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones.
You hate good and love evil. You strip the skin off my people and the flesh off their bones.
yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.
But you hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive. You tear the flesh off their bones.
you who despise good and love evil, who tear off the skin of my people, along with the flesh from their bones.
Who hate the good, and love the evil, who steal their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
Those of you who are haters of good and lovers of evil, who tear their skin from them and their flesh from their bones,
yet you are the very ones who hate good and love evil; you skin my people and strip them to the bone.
Then I said: “Listen, leaders of Jacob, leaders of Israel: Don’t you know anything of justice? Haters of good, lovers of evil: Isn’t justice in your job description? But you skin my people alive. You rip the meat off their bones. You break up the bones, chop the meat, and throw it in a pot for cannibal stew.”
You who hate good and love evil, who tear the skin from My people and the flesh from their bones;
You hate good and love evil. You strip the skin off my people and the flesh off their bones.
you who hate what is good, and love evil? You who tear their skin from them, and their flesh from their bones;
You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
“You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
And yet you hate what is good and love what is evil.
but you hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
yet you hate what is good and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
But you hate what is good. And you love what is evil. You are like someone who tears the skin off my people. You pull the meat off their bones.
you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;
you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;
You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones;
Yet you hate good and love sin. You tear off the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones.
but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin off my people, and the flesh off their bones;
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin off my people, and the flesh off their bones;
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin off my people, and the flesh off their bones;
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin off my people and the flesh off their bones,
Who hate the tov, and love the rah; who tear off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their atzamot (bones);
“They hate good and love evil. They strip their skin from them, and their flesh from their bones.
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people, and their flesh from off their bones;
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people, and their flesh from off their bones;
You haters of good and lovers of evil, you are robbing their skin from them and their flesh from their bones.”
Yet you hate what is good and love evil; you skin the people alive and tear the meat from their bones.
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
which hate good, and love evil? Which violently take away the skins of them from above them, and the flesh of them from above the bones of them. (ye who hate good, and love evil? Who violently take away their very skin, and their flesh from off their bones.)
Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
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