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, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

They all

If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

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

Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.

Hunt

Moreover, 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 didn't kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.

Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh; 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 dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.

For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.

General references

'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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

Yahweh said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.