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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.
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Anatomy of a Godless Society
Micah paints a grim picture of a society where righteousness has vanished. Commentators explain this isn't just a lack of piety, but a complete moral collapse. Society is defined by two key sins: open violence ("they all lie in wait for blood") and deceitful treachery ("they hunt every man his brother with a net"). This verse serves as a stark warning about what happens when a culture abandons justice and mercy.
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Micah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The good – or godly, or merciful, as the English margin notes.
Man – The Hebrew word contains all. It is “he who loves tenderl…
19th Century
Anglican
With a net. — The net, which in the Hebrew term comes from a verb meaning to shut up, was used both by the fisherman and the fowle…
Baptist
Those were sad times in which Micah lived; and yet, in some respects, one might be willing and even glad to live in such times, for, if ever one co…
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16th Century
Protestant
The meaning of the first verse is somewhat doubtful: some refer what the Prophet says to punishment, and others to the wickedness of the people. Th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The good [man] is perished out of the earth Here the prophet expresses in plain words what he had before delivered in fig…
The prophet laments that he lived among a people swiftly ripening for ruin, a situation in which many good people would suffer. People found no com…
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