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 wicked, all of them, shall be like a thorn thrust away, because they cannot be taken by the hand.

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

And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them, and of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words, nor frightened by their faces, though they are a rebellious house.

But that which bears thorns and briers is rejected and is a curse, whose end is to be burned.)

Thy

And what will you do in the day of judgment and in destruction, of ruin when it comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?

Were they ashamed when they had done an abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush; therefore they shall fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Jehovah.

They are vanity, the work of delusion; in the time of their judgment they shall perish.

Now

For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling down, and of doubt by Jehovah of Hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountain.

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars. And on the earth will be anxiety of nations with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

General references

And justice is driven back, and justice stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the street, and right cannot enter.

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 a brother will betray a brother to death, and a father his son. And children will rise up against their parents and will cause them to be put to death.