Micah 7:1 (DBY)

Passage

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; there is no early fruit [which] my soul desired.

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; there is no early fruit [which] my soul desired.

Micah 7:2 The godly [man] hath perished out of the land, 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 Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge [is there] for a reward; and the great [man] uttereth his soul's greed: and [together] they combine it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gathered", "summer-fruits", "grape-gleanings", "vintage", "cluster", "early", and "soul". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gathered" and "summer-fruits", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "The godly man hath perished out of...", so "gathered" and "summer-fruits" should be read forward into that movement. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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