Micah 7:1-3

Contemporary English Version

7 I feel so empty inside—
like someone starving
    for grapes or figs,
after the vines and trees
    have all been picked clean.
² No one is loyal to God;
    no one does right.
Everyone is brutal
and eager to deceive
    everyone else.
³ People cooperate to commit crime.
Judges and leaders demand bribes,
    and rulers cheat in court.^[a]