Micah 7:3-13

3 Concerning evil, both hands do it ¹well. The prince asks, also the judge, for a ²bribe, And a great man speaks the desire of his soul; So they weave it together.

4 The best of them is like a ³briar, The most upright like a ⁴thorn hedge. The day when you post your watchmen, Your ⁵punishment will come. Then their ⁶confusion will occur.

5 Do not ⁷trust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a friend. From her who lies in your bosom Guard your lips.

6 For ⁸son treats father contemptuously, Daughter rises up against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; ⁹A man's enemies are the men of his own household.

God Is the Source of Salvation and Light

7 But as for me, I will ¹⁰watch expectantly for the LORD; I will ¹¹wait for the God of my salvation. My ¹²God will hear me.

8 ¹³Do not rejoice over me, O ¹⁴my enemy. Though I fall I will ¹⁵rise; Though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a ¹⁶light for me.

9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD Because I have sinned against Him, Until * He ¹⁷pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me out to the ¹⁸light, And I will see His ¹⁹righteousness.

10 Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who ²⁰said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be ²¹trampled down Like mire of the streets.

11 It will be a day for ²²building your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended.

12 It will be a day when they will ²³come to you From Assyria and the cities of Egypt, From Egypt even to the Euphrates, Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

13 And the earth will become ²⁴desolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the ²⁵fruit of their deeds.

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Micah 7:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 7

This chapter begins with a lamentation of the prophet, in the name of the church and people of God, concerning the general depravity and corruption of the times in which he lived, Mic 7:1-6; then declares what he was determined to do for his relief in such circumstances, Mic 7:7; comforts himself and the church with a good hope and firm belief of its being otherwise and better with them, to the shame and confusion of their enemies that now rejoiced, though without just reason for it, Mic 7:8-10; with promises of deliverance, after a desolation of the land for some time, Mic 7:11-13; and with the answer returned to the prayers of the prophet, Mic 7:14,15; which would issue in the astonishment of the world, and their subjection to the church of God, Mic 7:16,17; and the chapter is concluded with admiration at the pardoning grace and mercy of God, and his faithfulness to his promises, Mic 7:18-20.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 25

1. Proverbs 4:16, 17
2. Amos 5:12; Micah 3:11
3. Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 28:24
4. Nahum 1:10
5. Isaiah 10:3; Hosea 9:7
6. Isaiah 22:5
7. Jeremiah 9:4
8. Matthew 10:21, 35; Luke 12:53
9. Matthew 10:36
10. Habakkuk 2:1
11. Psalms 130:5; Isaiah 25:9
12. Psalms 4:3
13. Proverbs 24:17; Obadiah 12
14. Micah 7:10
15. Amos 9:11
16. Isaiah 9:2
17. Jeremiah 50:34
18. Psalms 37:6; Isaiah 42:7, 16
19. Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 56:1
20. Joel 2:17
21. Isaiah 51:23; Zechariah 10:5
22. Isaiah 54:11; Amos 9:11
23. Isaiah 19:23-25; Isaiah 60:4, 9
24. Jeremiah 25:11; Micah 6:13
25. Isaiah 3:10, 11; Micah 3:4

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "openings of your mouth"
[b]. I.e. right dealing
[c]. Lit "Now"
[d]. Lit "become a trampled" place
[e]. Lit "he"
[f]. Lit "River"