Mic 7:5-6 | JFB | STEP | 5. Trust ye not in a friend —Faith is kept nowhere: all to a man are treacherous ( ). When justice is perverted by the great, faith nowhere is safe. So, in gospel times of persecution, "a man's foes are they of his own household" ( ). guide —a counsellor [CALVIN ] able to help and advise (compare ). The head of your family, to whom all the members of the family would naturally repair in emergencies. Similarly the Hebrew is translated in and "chief friends" in [GROTIUS ]. her that lieth in thy bosom

Micah 7:5-6

5. Trust ye not in a friend—Faith is kept nowhere: all to a man are treacherous (Jer 9:2-6). When justice is perverted by the great, faith nowhere is safe. So, in gospel times of persecution, "a man's foes are they of his own household" (Mt 10:35, 36; Lu 12:53).

guide—a counsellor [CALVIN] able to help and advise (compare Ps 118:8, 9; 146:3). The head of your family, to whom all the members of the family would naturally repair in emergencies. Similarly the Hebrew is translated in Jos 22:14 and "chief friends" in Pr 16:28 [GROTIUS].

her that lieth in thy bosom—thy wife (De 13:6).

6. son dishonoureth the father—The state of unnatural lawlessness in all relations of life is here described which is to characterize the last times, before Messiah comes to punish the ungodly and save Israel (compare Lu 21:16; 2Ti 3:1-3).