Thematic Bible
Micah 7:1 (show verse)
Too bad for me! For I am like the gathered summer fruit, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. I desire the first ripe fig.
Micah 7:2 (show verse)
The godly (loyal) (holy) man has perished from the earth. There is none upright among men! They all lie in wait for blood. Every man hunts his own brother with a net.
Micah 7:3 (show verse)
They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.
Micah 7:4 (show verse)
The best of them is as a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge! Your watchmen's day has come. Your visitation has come. Now you will be perplexed.
Micah 7:5 (show verse)
Do not put your faith in your neighbor. Do not trust a friend! Guard your lips from her who lies in your bosom (is your intimate companion).
Micah 7:6 (show verse)
The son dishonors the father. The daughter rises up against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Micah 7:7 (show verse)
But as for me, I will look to Jehovah! I will wait for the God of my salvation! My God will hear me.
Micah 7:8 (show verse)
Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light to me.
Micah 7:9 (show verse)
I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him. He will plead my cause, and execute judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light and I will see his righteousness.
Micah 7:10 (show verse)
My enemy will see it and she will be filled with shame. She will ask: Where is Jehovah your God? My eyes will look upon her and she will be trampled down like the mire of the streets.
No Themes for this verse.
Micah 7:11 (show verse)
A day for building your walls! In that day the decree will be far removed.
Micah 7:12 (show verse)
Then they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt. They will come from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
Micah 7:13 (show verse)
The earth will become desolate because of the inhabitants and the fruit of their deeds.
No Themes for this verse.
Micah 7:14 (show verse)
Shepherd your people, the flock of your heritage, with your staff. They dwell alone in the forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Micah 7:15 (show verse)
I will show them marvelous things like the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt.
No Themes for this verse.
Micah 7:16 (show verse)
The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might! They will cover their mouth with their hand and their ears will be deaf.
No Themes for this verse.
Micah 7:17 (show verse)
They will lick up the dust like a serpent. They will come trembling out of their hole like crawling things of the earth. They will approach Jehovah our God with fear and be afraid because of you.
Micah 7:18 (show verse)
Who is a God like you who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? You do not keep your anger forever, because you delight in loving-kindness (unchanging love).
Micah 7:19 (show verse)
You will again have compassion on us. You will tread our iniquities under foot. You will throw all our sins into the depths of the sea.
Micah 7:20 (show verse)
You will give truth to Jacob, and show loving-kindness (unchanging love) to Abraham. For you have sworn this to our fathers from the days of old.