Micah 7:2 (LSB)

Passage

The holy one has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.

Nearby Context

Micah 7:1 Woe is me! For I am Like the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers. There is not a cluster of grapes to eat, Or a first‑ripe fig which my soul desires.

Micah 7:2 The holy one has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.

Micah 7:3 Concerning evil, both hands do it well. The prince asks, also the judge, for a payment, And a great man speaks the craving of his soul; So they weave it together.

Micah 7:4 The best of them is like a briar, The most upright like a thorn hedge. The day when you post your watchmen, Your punishment will come. At that time their panic will happen.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "holy", "perished", "land", "upright", "person", "wait", "bloodshed", and "each". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "holy" 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 Like..." into verse 3's "Concerning evil both hands do it well...", so "holy" 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 "holy" and "perished" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.