He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
Micah 7:2 - Y'all Version Bible The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; each hunts his brother with a net. American Standard Version (1901) The godly 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. Common English Bible Faithful ones have perished from the land; there is no righteous one among humanity. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; they hunt each other with nets. Catholic Public Domain Version The holy ones pass away from the land, and there is no one righteous among men. All wait in ambush for blood; a man hunts his brother to death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death. |
He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
Help, YHWH! For the faithful have come to an end. For the faithful have vanished from the children of humankind.
Everyone lies to their neighbor. They speak with flattering lips and with a duplicitous heart-heart.
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.
If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will proudly defy the old, and the nobody against the honorable.
The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Through YHWH Almighty’ wrath, the land is burned up; and the people are the fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother.
“See, I will send for many fishermen,” says YHWH, “and they will catch them. Afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
For the wicked are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch people.
I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. None of them repents of their wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to their course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says Lord YHWH.
“‘Therefore Lord YHWH says: “Woe to the bloody city, to the cauldron whose rust is in it, and whose rust hasn’t gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece without casting lots for it.
“Priests, y’all must listen to this! House of Israel, y’all must pay attention! House of the king, y’all must open your ears! For the judgment is against y’all; because y’all have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. Y’all strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle.
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says YHWH; “but instead I will deliver everyone into their neighbor’s hand and into the hand of the king. They will strike the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand .”
The other Jews also joined in the attack, confirming the allegation that these things were true.
See, my father! Look at the edge of your robe in my hand! I cut off the edge of your robe but didn’t kill you. So realize and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
Now therefore, don’t let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of YHWH; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”