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

To the Chief Musician, on eight. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah, for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.

The righteous one perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one cares that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.

as it is written: "There is none righteous, no not one;

They all

If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause;

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and ruin are in their paths.

Their quiver is as an open grave; they are all mighty men.

Hunt

And, my father, behold! Yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand. For in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my soul to take it.

And now, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of Jehovah. For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, they have fallen into it. Selah.

For among My people are found wicked ones; they lie in wait, as one who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Jehovah, and they will fish them. And afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

They hunted our steps from going in our streets; our end was near, our days were fulfilled, for our end has come.

He takes up all of them with the hook; he drags him with his net and gathers him with his seine; therefore he rejoices and exults.

General references

Cursed is he who takes reward to kill an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

And Delilah said to Samson, Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.

And Jehovah said to me, A plot is found among the men of Judah, and among the people of Jerusalem.

You have multiplied your dead in this city, and you have filled its streets with the dead.

Why do You show me evil, and You look on toil? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.

And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.