Micah 7:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that is best among them, is as a brier: and he that is righteous, as the thorn of the hedge. The day of thy inspection, thy visitation cometh: now shall be their destruction.

Cross References

Isaiah 22:5

For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision: searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.

Ezekiel 2:6

And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking house.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory?

Hebrews 6:8

But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers, is reprobate, and very near unto a curse, whose end is to be burnt.

Luke 21:25

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves;

Nahum 1:10

For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.

Amos 8:2

And he said: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A hook to draw down fruit. And the Lord said to me: The end is come upon my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.

Jeremiah 10:15

They are vain things and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Jeremiah 8:12

They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion and they have not known how to blush. Therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 55:13

Instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle-tree: and the Lord shall be named for an everlasting sign that shall not be taken away.

Jeremiah 11:23

And there shall be no remains of them: for I will bring in evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their visitation.

Jeremiah 46:21

Her hirelings also that lived in the midst of her, like fatted calves are turned back, and are fled away together. And they could not stand: for the day of their slaughter is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

Ezekiel 28:24

And the house of Israel shall have no more a stumblingblock of bitterness, nor a thorn causing pain on every side round about them, of them that are against them: and they shall know that I am the Lord God.