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Micah 7:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2The 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.
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Role in This Section
This verse extends the harvest absence into the disappearance of faithful people and blood-hunting with nets.
Read It With
- Micah 7:1-7
Read Micah 7:2 with 7:1-7. This verse extends the harvest absence into the disappearance of faithful people and blood-hunting with nets. The complete unit establishes this movement: The speaker laments a society in which violence, bribery, elite collusion, and fractured trust reach even households, yet turns from generalized suspicion to patient hope that God will hear.
Why It Needs Context
This verse extends the harvest absence into the disappearance of faithful people and blood-hunting with nets. That contribution depends on Micah 7:1-7; isolated teaching would detach this line from the complete poetic movement.
Read Micah 7:1–7 together
Why these verses belong together: Empty harvest, corruption, broken trust, household danger, and the turn to waiting form one lament.
Verse 1. 1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Verse 2. 2 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.
Verse 3. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Verse 4. 4 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.
Verse 5. 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Verse 6. 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
Verse 7. 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Continue in Context
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Read Micah 7:1-7 — A Lament over Social Breakdown Turns to WaitingSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Micah 7:1-7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Micah
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