Micah 3:2
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Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
In other translations
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
Hebrew words
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