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Adoration of the Shepherds, Gerard van Honthorst

Micah 7:2

Gerard van Honthorst, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1622 · Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne · Public domainGerard van Honthorst, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1622, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne

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Micah 7:2 (WEB)

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.

Fathers and councils · 6

Jerome

Cyril of Jerusalem

  • “…to overcome the disease, so that one of them says, Woe is me! for the godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none that doeth right among men: and again, They are all gone out of the way, they are together became unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one: and again, Cursing and…” — editor's note: Micah vii. 2.

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Ambrose of Milan

  • “Let us fear the Lord, let us anticipate Him with the confession of our sins, let us correct our backslidings and amend our faults, lest of us too it be said: “Woe is me, my soul, for the godly man is perished from the earth, and there is none amongst men to correct them.”” — editor's note: Mic. vii. 2 [LXX.].

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John Chrysostom

Gregory of Nazianzus

  • “He bewails also the scarcity of the upright, there being scarcely a stalk or a gleaning grape left, since both the prince asketh, and the judge curries favour, so that his language is almost the same as the mighty David’s: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man ceaseth: and says that therefore their blessings shall fail…” — editor's note: Ib. vii. 1–4.

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