Micah 3:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; ”

Micah 3:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who hate the good and love the evil - that is, they hate, for its own sake, that which is good, and love that which is evil. The prophet is not here speaking of their “hating good” men, or “lovin...
Micah 3:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Who hate the good, and love the evil; (b) who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; (b) The Prophet condemns the wicked governors not only of covetousness, theft,...
Micah 3:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Unjust Rulers and False Prophets of Judah. Micah first addresses those whose official duty it is to know justice, i.e. sympathetically, and declares that in fact they love its opposite, and c...
Micah 3:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He afterwards subjoins, But they hate good, and love evil, and pull off the skin (94) from my people, the flesh from their bones; that is, they leave nothing, he says, sound and safe, th...
Micah 3:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Micah 3:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Who pluck off them skin from off them, and their flesh - rob their fellow-c...
Micah 3:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Wickedness in High Places Micah returns to his indictment against the people's leaders. Their power was given for the sake of justice, and they have abused it for extortion ( Micah 3:1-3 ). Their...
Micah 3:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who hate the good. — The judges, instead of fulfilling the obligations of their office, whereby they should be “for the people to God-ward,” perpetrated the most flagrant cruelty upon them. Micah c...
Micah 3:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE PROPHET OF THE POOR Micah 2:1-13 ; Micah 3:1-12 WE have proved Micah's love for his countryside in the effusion of his heart upon her villages with a grief for their danger greater than hi...
Micah 3:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Punishment of Avarice Micah 3:1-12 The princes who as magistrates should have administered justice to others sat around the caldron, casting in the very flesh and skin of the people whom th...
Micah 3:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Addressing himself directly to the rulers of the people, in this second message the prophet describes their peculiar sin, and announces the coming judgment. He then foretells the coming of the one tr...
Micah 3:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It must have been a sad day with the Church, and indeed the history of those times proves it was, when it was as with the priest, so with the people. A state of general corruption prevailed. Isaiah t...
Micah 3:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who hate the good, and love the evil ,.... Instead of knowing and doing what was just and right; or, directly contrary to their light and knowledge, and the duty of their office, they hated that whi...
Micah 3:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Ver. 2. Who hate the good, and love the evil ] q.d. That you know not judgment...
Micah 3:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear, O heads of Jacob , &c. That the justice of God, in bringing upon them the punishments which he had threatened, might more evidently appear, the prophet here shows that there was no rank of...
Micah 3:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crimes of the Princes and Prophets. B. C. 726. 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O hea...
Micah 3:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who hate the good: in practice and affection these rulers were directly contrary to what they should have been and done, they hated not only to do good, but they hated the good which was to be done...
Micah 3:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah's Indictment of Judah ( Micah 3:1-8 ). Micah inveighs first against the leadership of Judah, and then against the prophets who make people err for the sake of money, and the priests who teac...
Micah 3:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Punishment is threatened against the heads and leaders of Israel. Micah 3:1 . Princes ] Administrators of justice. You ] Above every one. To know ] To regard justice ( Isaiah...
Micah 3:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 3:10 . They build up Zion with blood. The Chaldaic reads, they build up the houses of Zion with blood. They oppress the poor to a premature death, in order to build their town and country ho...
Micah 3:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel Civil rulers I. What civil rulers ought always to be. They ought always to “know judgment,” that is, always practicall...
Micah 3:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 3:1-5:15 Part II . DENUNCIATION OF THE CRIMES OF THE GRANDEES , FOLLOWED BY A PROMISE OF THE GLORIFICATION OF ZION , THE BIRTH OF MESSIAH...
Micah 3:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sins of the Rulers and the Desolation of Zion. Also in this Chapter the discourse is directed to the nobility of the people, who abused the authority of their high official station by oppressi...
Micah 3:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:20 ; 1 Kings 22:6-8 ; 2 Chronicles 19:2 ; 2 Timothy 3:3 ; Acts 7:51 ; Acts 7:52 ; Amos 5:10-14 ; Amos 8:4-6 ; Ezekiel 22:27 ; Ezekiel 34:3 ; Isaiah 3:15 ; John 15:18 ; John 15...
Micah 3:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The good — Ye who hate not only to do good, but the good which is done, and those that do it. The evil — Chuse, and delight in, both evil works and evil workers. Who pluck it off — Ye who use the f...

Micah 3:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 3:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 3:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 3:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 3:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 3:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 3:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 3:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 3:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 3:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 3:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 3:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 3:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 3:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 3:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 3:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 3:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 3:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 3:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 3:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 3:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes