Micah 7:1

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Key Reflection

In Micah 7:1-2, the prophet laments his solitary state and the scarcity of support, symbolizing a broader theme of moral decay and judgment in Israel. The image of gathering summer fruits as gleanings suggests a time when the community has failed to provide mutual aid, highlighting the brokenness of social bonds and spiritual barrenness.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Woe -ois me! for I am, as when they have gathered the summer fruits , as the grape-gleanings of the vintage “The vineyard of the Lord of hosts,” Isaiah said at the same time, “is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plants”Isaiah 5:7. Isaiah said, brought forth wild grapes; Micah, that there are but gleanings, few and poor. It is as though Satan pressed the vineyard of the Lord, and made the most his prey, and few were left to those who glean for Christ; “the foxes have eaten the grapes”Song of Solomon 2:15.

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