Micah 7:2

Faithful people have disappeared from the land; 1 there is no upright person in all mankind. 1 They all lie in wait to shed blood; 1 each one hunts his own brother with a net. 1

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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! 1 I have become like the gathering of summer fruit, 1 and like the grapes that have been gleaned; 1 there is no grape cluster to eat, 1 no ripe early fig that my soul desires. 1

3Their hands are very good at doing harm: 1 the ruler asks for money, 1 the judge is ready for bribes, 1 and the powerful man is saying to others what he wants to obtain. 1 Thus they plot together. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:20Now therefore, do not let my blood fall to the earth away from Yahweh's presence; for the king of Israel has come out to look for the one flea as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

Psalms 12:1Help, Yahweh, for the godly have disappeared; 1 the faithful have vanished. 1

Psalms 14:1A fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” 1 They are corrupt and have done abominable iniquity; 1 there is no one who does good. 1

Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, 1 let us lie in wait for blood, 1 let us hide and attack innocent people for no reason. 1

Isaiah 3:5The people will be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; 1 the child will insult the elderly, and the degraded will challenge the honorable. 1

Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they run to pour out innocent blood. 1 Their thoughts are thoughts of sin; violence and destruction are their roads. 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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