Micah 7:2 (ASV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Micah 7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.

Micah 7:2 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.

Micah 7:3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

Micah 7:4 The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is [worse] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "godly", "perished", "earth", "none", "upright", "wait", "blood", and "hunt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "godly" and "perished", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Woe is me for I am as..." into verse 3's "Their hands are upon that which is...", so "godly" and "perished" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "godly" and "perished" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.