Micah 7:5-7

⁵Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.c

⁶For the son puts shame on his father, the daughter goes against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's haters are those of his family.d

⁷But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.e

Micah 7 is the prophet's final word — a lament that turns into a confession, then into a declaration of hope. The chapter opens with Micah mourning the moral collapse of Israel, where trust has evaporated and even family bonds have broken. But the tone pivots sharply. The prophet

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a: v.3 — Micah 3:11, Proverbs 4:16-17, Amos 5:12, Jeremiah 8:10, Jeremiah 3:5, Ezekiel 22:27, Matthew 26:15, Isaiah 1:23, 1 Kings 21:9-14, Luke 12:1-2
b: v.4 — Isaiah 22:5, Ezekiel 2:6, Isaiah 10:3, 2 Samuel 23:6-7, Hosea 9:7-8, Hebrews 6:8, Luke 21:25, Jeremiah 10:15, Isaiah 55:13, Ezekiel 12:23-24
c: v.5 — Jeremiah 9:4, Psalms 118:8-9, Matthew 10:16, Job 6:14-15, Judges 16:5-20
d: v.6 — A man's enemies will be those of his own household: Matthew 10:35; Matthew 10:35-36, Luke 12:53, Matthew 10:21, Psalms 41:9, Psalms 55:12-14, Ezekiel 22:7, 2 Timothy 3:2-3, Matthew 26:23, Matthew 26:49-50, Luke 21:16
e: v.7 — Lamentations 3:25-26, Psalms 37:7, 1 John 5:14-15, Isaiah 45:22, Isaiah 25:9, Psalms 27:12-14, Psalms 55:16-17, Psalms 40:1-3, Psalms 34:5-6, Psalms 130:5
f: v.8 — John 8:12, Psalms 27:1, Isaiah 9:2, Psalms 112:4, Psalms 107:10-15, Proverbs 24:16-18, Obadiah 1:12, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Psalms 84:11, Psalms 41:10-12
g: v.15 — Psalms 78:12-72, Exodus 3:20, Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 63:11-15, Isaiah 11:16, Psalms 68:22, Jeremiah 23:7-8
h: v.18 — Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 44:22, Ephesians 2:4-5, Psalms 103:8-9, Jeremiah 50:20, Acts 13:38-39, Jeremiah 32:41, Lamentations 3:31-32, Exodus 15:11, Jeremiah 3:12
i: v.19 — Isaiah 38:17, Romans 6:14, Isaiah 43:25, Jeremiah 31:34, Jeremiah 50:20, Psalms 103:12, Titus 2:14, 1 John 3:8, Romans 8:2-3, Romans 8:13

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