(A)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
    (B)the prince and (C)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
    thus they weave it together.
The best of them is (D)like a brier,
    the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of (E)your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
    (F)now their confusion is at hand.
(G)Put no trust in a neighbor;
    have no confidence in a friend;
guard (H)the doors of your mouth
    from her who lies in your arms;[a]
for (I)the son treats the father with contempt,
    the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
    (J)a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:5 Hebrew bosom

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