Micah 7:1-7

New Century Version

7 Poor me! I am like a hungry man,
    and all the summer fruit has been picked—
there are no grapes left to eat,
    none of the early figs I love.
² All of the faithful people are gone;
    there is not one good person left in this country.
Everyone is waiting to kill someone;
    everyone is trying to trap someone else.
³ With both hands they are doing evil.
    Rulers ask for money,
    and judges’ decisions are bought for a price.
Rich people tell what they want,
    and they get it.
⁴ Even the best of them is like a thornbush;
    the most honest of them is worse than a prickly plant.
The day that your watchmen^[a] warned you about has come.
    Now they will be confused.
⁵ Don’t believe your neighbor
    or trust a friend.
Don’t say anything,
    even to your wife.
⁶ A son will not honor his father,
    a daughter will turn against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law will be against her mother-in-law;
    a person’s enemies will be members of his own family.

⁷ Israel says, “I will look to the Lord for help.
    I will wait for God to save me;
    my God will hear me.