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Micah 7:4-6
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Micah 7:4-6
Easy-to-Read Version
4 Even the best of them is as crooked
as a tangled thornbush.
The Day of Punishment Is Coming
Your prophets said this day would come,
and the day of your watchmen[a] has come.
Now you will be punished.
Now you will be confused!
5 Don’t trust your neighbor
or trust a friend!
Don’t even speak freely
with your wife.
6 Your enemies will be the people in your own house.
A son will not honor his father.
A daughter will turn against her mother.
A daughter-in-law will turn against her mother-in-law.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:4 watchmen Another name for prophets. This shows that the prophets were like guards who stood on a city’s wall and watched for trouble coming from far away.
Micah 7:4-6
New International Version
Micah 7:4-6
New International Version
4 The best of them is like a brier,(A)
the most upright worse than a thorn(B) hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
Now is the time of your confusion.(C)
5 Do not trust a neighbor;
put no confidence in a friend.(D)
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
guard the words of your lips.
6 For a son dishonors his father,
a daughter rises up against her mother,(E)
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.(F)
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