Mic 3:1-2 - Commentary

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Text -- Micah 3:1-2 (NET)

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God Will Judge Judah’s Sinful Leaders

3:1 I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just, 3:2 yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation

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NET Notes: Mic 3:1 Heb “Should you not know justice?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you should!”

NET Notes: Mic 3:2 Micah compares the social injustice perpetrated by the house of Jacob/Israel to cannibalism, because it threatens the very lives of the oppressed.

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Text -- Micah 3:1-2 (NET)

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NET Notes -> Mic 3:1; Mic 3:1; Mic 3:1; Mic 3:2; Mic 3:2; Mic 3:2; Mic 3:2; Mic 3:2; Mic 3:2

NET Notes: Mic 3:1 Heb “Should you not know justice?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you should!”

NET Notes: Mic 3:2 Micah compares the social injustice perpetrated by the house of Jacob/Israel to cannibalism, because it threatens the very lives of the oppressed.

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