Passage
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 7:2 (KJV)
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.
Micah 7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "good", "perished", "earth", "none", "upright", "wait", "blood", and "hunt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "good" 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 "That they may do evil with both...", so "good" 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 "good" and "perished" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.