Micah 7:2

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Summary

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.

Is perished

They all

Hunt

Habakkuk 1:15

General references

Bible References

Is perished

Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.

Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit evil deeds; not one of them practices what is good.

"Also the righteous are perishing, but no one takes it to heart; devout people are taken away, while no one understands that the righteous person is taken away from calamity.

As it is written, "Not even one person is righteous.

They all

If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

The words of the wicked lead to bloodshed, but the speech of the upright delivers them.

Their feet rush to evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; ruin, destruction, and violence are in their paths.

Their quiver is like an open grave, and all of them are powerful warriors.

Hunt

Looke, my father, look! The corner of your robe is in my hand. Indeed, by my cutting off the corner of your robe and not killing you, you may know and understand that I have no evil intent or transgression I haven't wronged you, even though you are hunting me to take my life.

Now, don't let my blood fall to the ground away from the LORD's presence. Indeed, the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea, like someone hunts a partridge in the mountains."

They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude

"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people.

"I'm about to send many fishermen," declares the LORD, "and they'll catch them. Afterwards, I'll send for many hunters and they'll hunt for them on every mountain and hill and in the crevices of the rocks.

Our steps were closely stalked, so we couldn't travel on our own streets. Our end is near, our days are over; indeed, our end has come.

The adversary captures them with a hook, gathering them up in a fishing net. He collects them with a dragnet, rejoicing and gloating over his catch.

General references

""Cursed is one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

So Delilah asked Samson, "Please tell me the secret to your great strength and how you may be tied up and tortured."

The LORD told me, "Conspiracy has been found among the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

You've increased the number of fatally wounded in this city and you've filled your streets with the dead."

Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.

The Jewish leaders supported his accusations by asserting that these things were true.