Mic 3:2 | MHM | STEP | v. 2-3 : Instead of loving justice, the rulers hate the good and love the evil (Micah 3:2 ). They are cruel and greedy, taking advantage of the people they are supposed to protect. Micah uses vivid images to show their brutality: they tear the skin from off my people and break their bones , as if the people were animals to be butchered (Micah 3:3 ). Their actions show no compassion, only a desire to enrich themselves at the expense of others.

‏ Micah 3:2

v. 2-3: Instead of loving justice, the rulers hate the good and love the evil (Micah 3:2 ^a). They are cruel and greedy, taking advantage of the people they are supposed to protect. Micah uses vivid images to show their brutality: they tear the skin from off my people and break their bones, as if the people were animals to be butchered (Micah 3:3 ^b). Their actions show no compassion, only a desire to enrich themselves at the expense of others.