Micah 7:1

Micah 7:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the grapes have been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Woe is me! For I am like those who gather summer fruits, Like those who glean vintage grapes; There is no cluster to eat Of the first-ripe fruit which my soul desires.

Context of Micah 7:1

How sad for me! For I am like one who — when the summer fruit has been gathered after the gleaning of the grape harvest — finds no grape cluster to eat, no early fig, which I crave. 2Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net. 3Both hands are good at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.

Micah 7:1 word by word

אַ֣לְלַי לִ֗י כִּ֤י הָיִ֙יתִי֙ כְּאָסְפֵּי־קַ֔יִץ כְּעֹלְלֹ֖ת בָּצִ֑יר אֵין־אֶשְׁכּ֣וֹל לֶאֱכ֔וֹל בִּכּוּרָ֖ה אִוְּתָ֥ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Woeאַלְלַי'alelay · woe!H480
• is me! for I am as when they have gatheredאֹ֫סֵף'ôseph · gatheringH625
• the summer fruitsקַ֫יִץqayits · summerH7019
• as the grapegleaningsעֹלֵלוֹת‛ôlêlâh · gleaningH5955
• of the vintageבָּצִירbâtsîyr · vintageH1210
• no clusterאֶשְׁכּוֹל'eshkôl 'eshkôl · clusterH811
• to eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: appetiteH5315
• desiredאָוָה'âvâh · to desireH183
• the firstripe fruitבַּכֻּרוֹתbikkûrâh · early figH1063

Cross-references for Micah 7:1

• Psalms 120:5What misery that I have stayed in Meshech, that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!
• Isaiah 6:5Then I said: Woe is me for I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Armies.
• Isaiah 24:16From the ends of the earth we hear songs: The Splendor of the Righteous One. But I said, “I waste away! I waste away! Woe is me.” The treacherous act treacherously; the treacherous deal very treacherously.
• Jeremiah 4:31I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: “Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers!”
• Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother, that you gave birth to me, a man who incites dispute and conflict in all the land. I did not lend or borrow, yet everyone curses me.
• Jeremiah 45:3‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the Lord has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.”’
• Isaiah 17:6Only gleanings will be left in Israel, as if an olive tree had been beaten — two or three olives at the very top of the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches. This is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel.
• Isaiah 24:13For this is how it will be on earth among the nations: like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
• Isaiah 28:4The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, which is on the summit above the rich valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest. Whoever sees it will swallow it while it is still in his hand.
• Hosea 9:10I discovered Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your ancestors like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, consecrated themselves to Shame, and became abhorrent, like the thing they loved.

Commentaries on Micah 7:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Wo is me! - This is a continuation of the preceding discourse. And here the prophet points out the small number of the upright to be found in the land. He himself seemed to be the only person who was on God's side; and he considers himself as a solitary grape, which had escaped the general gathering. The word קץ kayits, which is sometimes used for summer, and summer fruits in general, is here translated late figs; and may here, says Bishop Newcome, be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Woe - 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The general prevalence of wickedness. (1-7) Reliance on God, and triumph over enemies. (8-13) Promises and encouragements for Israel. (14-20) Verses 1-7 The prophet bemoans himself that he lived among a people ripening apace for ruin, in which many good persons would suffer. Men had no comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their nearest relations. Contempt and violation of domestic duties are a sad symptom of universal corruption. Those are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard: After the second crop of figs and fruit in August to September (toward the end of summer), no more fruit was produced for several months (see Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 48:32). No one could satisfy Micah’s hunger for righteousness (Micah 7:2–6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201. I am as when, &c.--It is the same with me as with one seeking fruits after the harvest, grapes after the vintage. "There is not a cluster" to be found: no "first-ripe fruit" (or "early fig"; see on Is 28:4) which "my soul desireth" [Maurer]. So I look in vain for any good men left (Mi 7:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 7:1

• Despondency
• Gleaning
• Summer
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Fig
• Grape
• Light
• Mouth
• Net
• Appetite
• Cluster
• Fig, Fig-Tree
• Micah (2)
• Vine

Commentaries on Micah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings