Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a brier, 1 the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. 1 It is the day foretold by your watchmen, 1 the day of your punishment. 1 Now is the time of their confusion. 1

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In The King James Version

The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

In Context

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

5Do not trust any neighbor; 1 put no confidence in any friend. 1 Be careful about what you say 1 even to the woman who lies in your arms. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:3What will you do on judgment day when the destruction comes from far away? 1 To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth? 1

Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thornbushes, the cypress will grow; and instead of the brier, the myrtle tree will grow, 1 and it will be for Yahweh, for his name, as an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”

Jeremiah 10:15They are useless, the work of mockers; they will perish at the time of their punishment. 1

Ezekiel 12:23Therefore, say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will put an end to this proverb, and the people of Israel will no longer use it.' Say to them, 'The days have drawn near when every vision will be fulfilled.

Amos 8:2He said, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then Yahweh said to me, 1 “The end has come for my people Israel; 1 I will spare them no longer. 1

Luke 21:25There will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars, and on the earth. The nations will be in distress, anxious because of the roar of the sea and waves.

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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