Micah 7:2-12

2 ¹The godly has perished from the earth, and ²there is no one upright among mankind; ³they all lie in wait for blood, and ⁴each hunts the other with a net.

3 ⁵Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; ⁶the prince and ⁷the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

4 The best of them is ⁸like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of ⁹your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; ¹⁰now their confusion is at hand.

5 ¹¹Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard ¹²the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms; ^[a]

6 for ¹³the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; ¹⁴a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord; ¹⁵I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

8 ¹⁶Rejoice not over me, O ¹⁷my enemy; ¹⁸when I fall, I shall rise; ¹⁹when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.

9 ²⁰I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until ²¹he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. ²²He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.

10 Then ²³my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who ²⁴said to me, “Where is the Lord your God? ” ²⁵My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down ²⁶like the mire of the streets.

11 ²⁷A day for the building of your walls! In that day the boundary shall be far extended.

12 In that day they^[b] will come to you, ²⁸from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to ²⁹the River, ³⁰from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.

Micah 7:2-12 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.

Cross References

• 1. 7:2 [Ps. 12:1; Isa. 57:1]
• 2. 7:2 Ps. 14:1, 3
• 3. 7:2 [Ps. 10:9; Hos. 6:8, 9]
• 4. 7:2 Isa. 9:19
• 5. 7:3 [Zeph. 3:7]
• 6. 7:3 [Ps. 82:1, 2]
• 7. 7:3 ch. 3:11
• 8. 7:4 [2 Sam. 23:6, 7; Nah. 1:10]; See Ezek. 2:6
• 9. 7:4 See Ezek. 33:2
• 10. 7:4 [ch. 3:6, 7; Isa. 22:5]
• 11. 7:5 Jer. 9:4
• 12. 7:5 [Ps. 141:3]
• 13. 7:6 Ezek. 22:7; [Matt. 10:21, 35; Luke 12:53]
• 14. 7:6 Cited Matt. 10:36
• 15. 7:7 [Lam. 3:26]
• 16. 7:8 [Jer. 50:11; Lam. 4:21]
• 17. 7:8 ver. 10
• 18. 7:8 Ps. 37:24
• 19. 7:8 Ps. 112:4
• 20. 7:9 [Jer. 10:19]
• 21. 7:9 See 1 Sam. 24:15
• 22. 7:9 Ps. 37:6
• 23. 7:10 ver. 8
• 24. 7:10 See Joel 2:17
• 25. 7:10 ch. 4:11
• 26. 7:10 Ps. 18:42; See 2 Sam. 22:43
• 27. 7:11 [Ps. 102:13]
• 28. 7:12 [Isa. 11:11, 16; 19:23, 24; 27:13; Hos. 11:11; Zech. 10:10]
• 29. 7:12 See Gen. 31:21
• 30. 7:12 Zech. 9:10

Footnotes

• [a] 7:5 Hebrew 'bosom'
• [b] 7:12 Hebrew 'he'