Micah 7:1-7

Israel’s Misery

1 What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave.
2 The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets.
3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire— they all conspire together.
4 The best of them is like a brier, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. The day God visits you has come, the day your watchmen sound the alarm. Now is the time of your confusion.
5 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips.
6 For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
7 But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.

Cross References 18

  • 1. S Song of Songs 2:13
  • 2. S Psalms 12:1
  • 3. S Jeremiah 2:29; Jeremiah 8:6
  • 4. Psalms 10:8
  • 5. S Proverbs 6:17; S Micah 3:10
  • 6. S Isaiah 3:5
  • 7. S Jeremiah 5:26
  • 8. S Proverbs 4:16
  • 9. S Exodus 23:8; S Ezekiel 22:12
  • 10. S Numbers 33:55; S Ezekiel 2:6
  • 11. S 2 Samuel 23:6
  • 12. S Job 31:14; Isaiah 22:5; S Hosea 9:7
  • 13. Jeremiah 9:4
  • 14. S Ezekiel 22:7
  • 15. Matthew 10:35-36*; S Mark 13:12
  • 16. S Isaiah 21:8
  • 17. Psalms 130:5; Isaiah 25:9
  • 18. S Psalms 4:3
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