Micah 7:1 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Micah laments his loneliness, like a gleaner who finds the harvest gone and no good fruit left to eat.
What Does Micah 7:1 Mean?
The chapter opens with the prophet's personal grief. He feels like one who comes to glean after the harvest is over and finds no cluster to eat, no early ripe fruit his soul longs for. Looking for goodness among the people, he finds the orchard stripped bare.
The image captures the loneliness of longing for righteousness in a corrupt age. There is a holy hunger here, a soul that desires the good and grieves its absence. This ache is itself a mark of faithfulness, and it drives the heart, as the chapter will show, to look past people to God, who alone never disappoints the one who hungers for Him.
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What does Micah 7:1 mean?
Micah laments his loneliness, like a gleaner who finds the harvest gone and no good fruit left to eat.