Micah 7:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

Is as a

Thy

Isaiah 10:3

Jeremiah 8:12

Jeremiah 10:15

Now

Isaiah 22:5

Luke 21:25

General references

Isaiah 59:14

Habakkuk 1:3

Mark 13:12

Bible References

Is as a

But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

Thy

And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Now

For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.

And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

General references

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.