OLD TESTAMENT

Micah 7:2

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The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

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Verse 2. Holy man. Hebrew chasid, ( Bible.) “the pious” Assidean. 2 Maccabees 14:6. The disorder of Israel was great, though some were religious. Calmet.—Such expressions only mean that few could be found, and that the far greatest number rejected the prophet’s advice. Worthington.

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