Micah 7

The Lord planted the seed of His revelation in the soil of Abraham’s children. It sprouted, bore fruit some seasons, then began to wither and offered nothing. The fruit of the Law is an upright and just life as God measures such things, and the blessings which attach to such a life.
Micah finds the situation very depressing. It’s as if the summer has come and gone, and somehow there was never any fruit on the Tree of Israel. There is no moral restraint at all in the land. Try to find a prophetic watchman, but no one pays attention, so it does no good to warn the people of coming doom. You cannot trust anyone, not even your spouse, or any of your blood kin. But Micah can do no other than watch for the Lord’s hand. No one else notices his prophecy.
The prophet knows there will come a time when God’s justice will triumph. He can wait. While the people around him mock, they can only think on a human timeline. God acts with great patience, but He surely acts. The few who cling to His justice will gloat over those who struggled so hard to ignore His Word. This passage sets the example for anyone determined to walk persitently and patiently in God’s ways. He does not fail, though it seems He delays long by our reckoning. It’s worth the wait.
So the faithful are like shepherds, greatly isolated and scattered across the countryside. Holiness has always been a very lonely occupation. Yet there will come a day when those called would be rejected, then the whole world would be invited on the new terms of the Cross. Whatever it is God had wanted to do with Israel would be done instead with the New Israel. All the same miracles, and many more, able to defeat every human power. Those powers will fear the ragged beggars who walk in the Kingdom of Christ. There is no one like Our God. His mercy and grace are beyond measure. He refuses to be frustrated with the rejection of the Chosen People, and will raise them up again with souls drawn from all Creation.