Micah 7:2

Easy To Read Version

I mean, all of the faithful people are gone.\par There are no good people left\par in this country.\par Every person is waiting to kill someone.\par Every person is trying to trap his brother.\par

Cross References

Psalm 10:9

Those bad people are like lions trying to catch the animals they will eat.\par They attack poor people.\par The poor people are caught in the traps that the evil people make.\par

Psalm 12:1

Save \{me\} Lord!\par The good people are all gone.\par There are no true believers left among\par all the people on earth. {\cf2\super [67]} \par

Psalm 12:2

People tell lies to their neighbors.\par Each and every person flatters {\cf2\super [68]} his\par neighbors with lies.\par

Psalm 57:6

My enemies set a trap for me.\par They are trying to trap me.\par They dug a deep pit for me to fall into.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [337]})\i0 \par

Proverbs 1:11

Those bad people might say, “Come with us! We are going to hide and wait for someone to kill. We will attack some innocent person.

Proverbs 12:6

Evil people use their words to hurt other people. But the words of a good person can save people from danger.

Isaiah 3:5

Every person will be against every other person. Young people will not respect older people. Common people will not respect the important people.”

Isaiah 57:1

The good people are all gone,\par and no one even noticed.\par The good people have gathered together.\par But they don’t understand why.\par They don’t know that trouble is coming,\par and that they have been gathered together for protection\}.\par

Isaiah 59:7

Those people use their feet to run to evil. They hurry to kill people that have done nothing wrong. They think evil thoughts. Rioting and stealing is their way of living.

Isaiah 9:19

The Lord All-Powerful is angry, so the land will be burned. All the people will be burned in that fire. No person will try to save his brother.

Jeremiah 16:16

“I will soon send for many fishermen to come to this land.” This message is from the Lord. “Those fishermen will catch the people of Judah. After that happens, I will send for many hunters to come to this land. Those hunters {\cf2\super [133]} will hunt the people of Judah on every mountain and hill and in the cracks of the rocks.

Jeremiah 5:16

Their arrow bags are like open graves.\par All of their men are strong soldiers.\par

Jeremiah 5:26

There are evil men among my people.\par Those evil men are like men\par that make nets for catching birds. {\cf2\super [35]} \par These men set their traps,\par But they catch men instead of birds.\par

Jeremiah 8:6

I have listened to them very carefully.\par But they don’t say what is right.\par The people are not sorry for their sins.\par The people don’t think about the bad things they have done.\par The people do things without thinking.\par They are like horses running into a battle.\par

Lamentations 4:18

Our enemies hunted us all the time.\par We could not even go out into the streets.\par Our end came near. Our time was up.\par Our end came!\par

Ezekiel 22:12

“‘In Jerusalem, you men take money to kill people. You people lend money and charge interest on those loans. You people cheat their neighbors just to make a little money. And you people have forgotten me.’ The Lord my Master said these things.

Ezekiel 24:6

“So the Lord my Master says these things:\par ‘It will be bad for \{Jerusalem\}.\par It will be bad for that city of murderers.\par Jerusalem is like a pot with rust on it.\par And those spots of rust can’t be removed!\par \{That pot is not clean, so you must\}\par take every piece of meat out of the pot!\par \{Don’t eat that meat!\}\par And don’t let \{the priests\} choose any\par \{of that ruined meat\}.\par

Hosea 5:1

“Priests, nation of Israel, and people in the king’s family, listen to me. You have been judged guilty!

Hosea 6:9

Robbers hide and wait to attack someone.\par In the same way,\par priests wait on the road to Shechem\par and attack the people that pass by.\par They have done evil things.\par

Micah 2:8

But to my people,\par they are like an enemy.\par You steal the clothes right off the backs\par of people walking by.\par Those people think they are safe.\par But you \{take things from them\}\par like they are prisoners of war. {\cf2\super [32]} \par

Micah 3:10

You build Zion {\cf2\super [43]} by murdering people. {\cf2\super [44]} \par You build Jerusalem by cheating people!\par

Micah 3:2

But you hate good and love evil!\par You tear the skin off the people.\par You tear the flesh off their bones!\par

Zechariah 11:6

And I don’t feel sorry for the people living in this country.” The Lord said these things, “Look, I will let everyone be abused by his neighbor and king. I will let them destroy their country—I will not stop them!”

Acts 24:9

The other Jews agreed. They said, “These things are really true!”

1 Samuel 24:11

Look at this piece of cloth in my hand. I cut off the corner of your robe. I could have killed you, but I didn’t! Now, I want you to understand this. I want you to know that I am not planning anything against you! I did nothing wrong to you! But you are hunting me and trying to kill me.

1 Samuel 26:20

Now don’t make me die far away from the Lord’s presence. The king of Israel has come out looking for a flea. You are like a man hunting partridges in the mountains!” [204]