Book of Micah, Chapter 7
Chapter 7 of Micah
as when the summer fruit has been gathered,
as when the vintage has been gleaned:
there is no cluster to eat,
no first-ripe fig which my soul desires.
and there is none upright among men;
they all lie in wait for blood,
and each hunts his brother with a net.
the prince and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of their[a] watchmen, of their[b] punishment, has come;
now their confusion is at hand.
have no confidence in a friend;
guard the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your bosom;
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the LORD will be a light to me.
because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me forth to the light;
I shall behold his deliverance.
and shame will cover her who said to me,
“Where is the LORD your God?”
My eyes will gloat over her;
now she will be trodden down
like the mire of the streets.
In that day the boundary shall be far extended.
from Assyria to[c] Egypt,
and from Egypt to the River,
from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.
because of its inhabitants,
for the fruit of their doings.
the flock of thy inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
in the midst of a garden land;
let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
I will show them[d] marvelous things.
of all their might;
they shall lay their hands on their mouths;
their ears shall be deaf;
like the crawling things of the earth;
they shall come trembling out of their strongholds,
they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God,
and they shall fear because of thee.
and passing over transgression
for the remnant of his inheritance?
He does not retain his anger for ever
because he delights in steadfast love.
he will tread our iniquities under foot.
Thou wilt cast all our[e] sins
into the depths of the sea.
and steadfast love to Abraham,
as thou hast sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.FOOTNOTES
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