Micah 7:1 (KJV)

Passage

Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

Nearby Context

Micah 7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

Micah 7:2 The good 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 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Study Lenses

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

The next verse adds "The good man is perished out of...", so "gathered" and "summer" 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" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.