Micah 7:1-7

Contemporary English Version

Israel Is Corrupt

7 I feel so empty inside—
like someone starving
    for grapes or figs,
after the vines and trees
    have all been picked clean.
²No one is loyal to God;
    no one does right.
Everyone is brutal
and eager to deceive
    everyone else.
³People cooperate to commit crime.
Judges and leaders demand bribes,
    and rulers cheat in court.^[a]
⁴The most honest of them
    is worse than a thorn patch.

Your doom has come!
Lookouts sound the warning,
    and everyone panics.
⁵Don't trust anyone,
    not even your best friend,
and be careful what you say
    to the one you love.

⁶^(A) Sons refuse to respect
    their own fathers,
daughters rebel against
    their own mothers,
and daughters-in-law despise
    their mothers-in-law.
Your family is now your enemy.
⁷But I trust the Lord God
    to save me,
and I will wait for him
    to answer my prayer.