Micah 3:2

3:2 yet you ¹  hate what is good, ² 

and love what is evil. ³ 

You flay my people’s skin ⁴ 

and rip the flesh from their bones. ⁵ 

Micah 6:8

6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good,

and what the Lord really wants from you: ⁶ 

He wants you to ⁷  promote ⁸  justice, to be faithful, ⁹ 

and to live obediently before ¹⁰  your God.

¹ tn Heb “the ones who.”

² tn Or “good.”

³ tn Or “evil.”

⁴ tn Heb “their skin from upon them.” The referent of the pronoun (“my people,” referring to Jacob and/or the house of Israel, with the Lord as the speaker) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “and their flesh from their bones.”

⁶ sn What the Lord really wants from you. Now the prophet switches roles and answers the hypothetical worshiper’s question. He makes it clear that the Lord desires proper attitudes more than ritual and sacrifice.

⁷ tn Heb “except.” This statement is actually linked with what precedes, “What does he want from you except….”

⁸ tn Heb “to do,” in the sense of “promote.”

⁹ tn Heb “to love faithfulness.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “to walk humbly [or perhaps, “carefully”] with.”