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Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.

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ASV

The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

KJV

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.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
טוֹבָ֣םto.Vamgood person theirH2896 →
כְּחֵ֔דֶקke.Che.dek[is] like a thorn-bushH2312 →
יָשָׁ֖רya.Sharan upright [person]H3477 →
מִמְּסוּכָ֑הmi.me.su.Khahmore than a thorn hedgeH4534 →
י֤וֹםYom[the] day ofH3117 →
מְצַפֶּ֙יךָ֙me.tza.Pei.khawatchmen yourH6822 →
פְּקֻדָּתְךָ֣pe.ku.da.te.Chapunishment yourH6486 →
בָ֔אָהVa.'ahit has comeH935 →
עַתָּ֥ה'a.TahnowH6258 →
תִהְיֶ֖הtih.Yehit will beH1961 →
מְבוּכָתָֽם׃me.vu.kha.Tamconfusion theirH3998 →

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Isaiah 22:5For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.Ezekiel 2:6But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?2 Samuel 23:6–7But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.Jeremiah 23:2Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.Hosea 9:7–8The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.Ezekiel 33:7As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.Hosea 9:8The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!Jeremiah 11:23There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”Jeremiah 46:21Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.Jeremiah 10:15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.Luke 21:25There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.Ezekiel 12:23–24Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.Hebrews 6:8But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.Amos 8:2“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”

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Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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