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MICAH ยท Chapter 7
7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits,
as the gleaning of grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my
soul desired the first-fruits fruit.
7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright
among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother
with a net.
7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks,
and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters his mischievous
desire: so they wrap it up.
7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than
a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now
shall be their perplexity.
7:5 Trust all of you not in a friend, put all of you not confidence
in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.
7:6 For the son dishonours the father, 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.
7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of
my salvation: my God will hear me.
7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise;
when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned
against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will
bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
7:10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover
her which said unto me, Where is the LORD your God? mine eyes shall behold
her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
7:11 In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall
the decree be far removed.
7:12 In that day also he shall come even to you from Assyria, and from
the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from
sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
7:13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that
dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
7:14 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which
dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in
Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
7:15 According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt
will I show unto him marvellous things.
7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they
shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of
their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our
God, and shall fear because of you.
7:18 Who is a God like unto you, that pardons iniquity, and passes
by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his
anger for ever, because he delights in mercy.
7:19 He will return, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue
our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the
sea.
7:20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham,
which you have sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
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