Micah 7:2

All the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. The people who are left are all murderers [MTY]; it is as though everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman.

Translation for Translators

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

1I am very miserable/frustrated! I am like [SIM] someone who is hungry, who searches for fruit to pick after all the fruit had been picked and who finds no grapes or figs to eat.

3They all use both hands to do what is evil. Government officials and judges all ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together about how to get it done.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:20Now do not force me to die [MTY] far from where we worship Yahweh. You, the king of Israel, have come here searching for me. But I do not want to harm you! I am as harmless as a flea [MET]. You are searching for me like people hunt for a bird in the mountains! [MET]”

Psalms 12:1Yahweh, help us! It seems that people who are loyal to you have all vanished.

Psalms 14:1Only foolish people say to themselves, “There is no God!” People who say those things are corrupt/worthless; they do abominable/detestable deeds; there is not one of them who does what is good/right.

Proverbs 1:11They may say, “Come with us! Join us! We will hide and then kill [MTY] someone who passes by. We will ambush some helpless/innocent people.

Isaiah 3:5People will treat each other cruelly: people will fight against their neighbors. Young people will insult older people, and vulgar/dishonorable people will sneer at people who should be honored.

Isaiah 59:7You [SYN] are very quick to go and do evil things, and you hurry to murder people [MTY] who are innocent. You are continually thinking about sinning. Wherever you go, you destroy things and cause people to suffer.

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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