Micah 7:6

“For the son dishonoureth the father, etc.] Speaks contemptibly of him; behaves rudely towards him; shows him no respect and reverence; exposes his failings, and makes him the object of his banter and ridicule; who ought to have honoured, reverenced, and obeyed him, being the instrument of his being, by whom he was brought up, fed, clothed, and provided for; base ingratitude! the daughter riseth up against her mother; by whom she has been used in the most tender and affectionate manner; this being still more unnatural, if possible, as being done by the female sex, usually more soft and pliable; but here, losing her natural affection, and forgetting both her relation and sex, replies to her…”

“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 Luk 21:16; Ti2 3:1-3).”

“Trust ye not in a friend - It is part of the perplexity of crooked ways, that all relationships are put out of joint. Selfishness rends each from the other, and disjoints the whole frame of society. Passions and sin break every band of friendship, kindred, gratitude, nature. “Everyone ‘seeketh his own’.” Times of trial and of outward harass increase this; so that God’s visitations are seasons of the most frightful recklessness as to everything but sell: So had God foretold Deuteronomy 28:53; so it was in the siege of Samaria 2 Kings 6:28, and in that of Jerusalem both by the Chaldeans Lamentations 4:3-16 and by the Romans . When the soul has lost the love of God, all other is but sceming…”

“son: Gen 9:22-24, Gen 49:4; Sa2 15:10-12, Sa2 16:11, Sa2 16:21-23; Pro 30:11, Pro 30:17; Eze 22:7; Mat 10:21, Mat 10:35, Mat 10:36; Luk 12:53, Luk 21:16; Ti2 3:2, Ti2 3:3 a man's: Psa 41:9, Psa 55:12-14; Jer 12:6, Jer 20:10; Oba 1:7; Mat 26:23, Mat 26:49, Mat 26:50; Joh 13:18 Micah 7:7”