Micah 7:1 (YLT)

Passage

My woe <FI>is<Fi> to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul.

Nearby Context

Micah 7:1 My woe <FI>is<Fi> to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul.

Micah 7:2 Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men--there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt <FI>with<Fi> a net.

Micah 7:3 On the evil <FI>are<Fi> both hands to do <FI>it<Fi> well, The prince is asking--also the judge--for recompence, And the great--he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "been", "gatherings", "summer-fruit", "gleanings", "harvest", "cluster", and "first-ripe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "been" and "gatherings", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Perished hath the kind out of the...", so "been" and "gatherings" 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 "been" and "gatherings" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.