(A)And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

(B)“Put on a pot, set it on,
And also pour water into it.

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Tell this rebellious people(A) a parable(B) and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Put on the cooking pot;(C) put it on
    and pour water into it.

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‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“Woe to (A)the bloody city,
To the pot whose scum is in it,
And whose scum is not gone from it!
Bring it out piece by piece,
On which no (B)lot has fallen.

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“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe(A) to the city of bloodshed,(B)
    to the pot now encrusted,
    whose deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
    in whatever order(C) it comes.(D)

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You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from [a]My people,
And the flesh from their bones;

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:2 Lit. them

    you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;(A)

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Who also (A)eat the flesh of My people,
Flay their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot,
(B)Like flesh in the caldron.”

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who eat my people’s flesh,(A)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;(B)
who chop(C) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?(D)

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