Micah 7:2

The chasid has disappeared from ha'aretz; 1 and there is none yashar (upright, straight) among men; 1 they all lie in wait for dahm; 1 they hunt every man his brother with a net. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

In Context

1Woe is me! For I am become like a gathering of kayitz (summer fruit), 1 like a gleaning of the vintage; 1 there is no grape cluster to eat, 1 none of the early figs my nefesh desired. 1

3That they may do evil with both hands skillfully, 1 the sar and the shofet asketh for a bribe; 1 and hagadol uttereth the evil of his nefesh (soul); 1 so they weave it. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:20Now therefore, let not my dahm fall to the earth before the face of Hashem; for the Melech Yisroel is come out to search for a parosh (flea), as when one doth hunt the partridge in the harim.

Psalms 12:1(For the one directing. According to the Sheminit. Mizmor Dovid) 1

Psalms 14:1(For the one directing. Of Dovid) 1 They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, 1 ein oseh tov (there is none that doeth good). 1

Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, 1 let us lie in wait for dahm, 1 let us lurk secretly for the naki (innocent, harmless) chinnom (without cause); 1

Isaiah 3:5And HaAm shall be oppressed, 1 every one by another, 1 and every one by his re'a; 1 the na'ar shall behave himself proudly against the zaken, 1 and the base against the honorable. 1

Isaiah 59:7Their raglayim (feet) run to rah, 1 and they make haste for shefach dahm naki (blood shed of the innocent); 1 their machsh'vot (thoughts) are machsh'vot of aven (wickedness); 1 shod (desolation) and shever (destruction) are on their highways. 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:2-7

The Sins of the People. ( b. c. 700.) 1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape-gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first-ripe fruit. 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his… Read the whole commentary →

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