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<a href ="../luke/12.htm#49">Luke 12:49–53</a>)</span><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Woe is me! <p class="indent1stline"> For I am like one gathering summer fruit <p class="indent2"> at the gleaning of the vineyard; <p class="indent1"> there is no cluster to eat, <p class="indent2"> no early fig that I crave. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The godly man has perished from the earth; <p class="indent2"> there is no one upright among men. <p class="indent1"> They all lie in wait for blood; <p class="indent2"> they hunt one another with a net. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Both hands are skilled at evil; <p class="indent2"> the prince and the judge demand a bribe. <p class="indent1"> When the powerful utters his evil desire, <p class="indent2"> they all conspire together. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The best of them is like a brier; <p class="indent2"> the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. <p class="indent1"> The day for your watchmen has come, <p class="indent2"> the day of your visitation.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> Now is the time of their confusion. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Do not rely on a friend; <p class="indent2"> do not trust in a companion. <p class="indent1"> Seal the doors of your mouth <p class="indent2"> from her who lies in your arms.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For a son dishonors his father, <p class="indent2"> a daughter rises against her mother, <p class="indent2"> and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. <p class="indent1"> A man’s enemies are the members <p class="indent2">of his own household.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Israel’s Confession and Comfort<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But as for me, I will look to the LORD; <p class="indent2"> I will wait for the God of my salvation. <p class="indent2"> My God will hear me. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Do not gloat over me, my enemy! <p class="indent2"> Though I have fallen, I will arise; <p class="indent1"> though I sit in darkness, <p class="indent2"> the LORD will be my light. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Because I have sinned against Him, <p class="indent2"> I must endure the rage of the LORD, <p class="indent1"> until He argues my case <p class="indent2"> and executes justice for me. <p class="indent1"> He will bring me into the light; <p class="indent2"> I will see His righteousness. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then my enemy will see <p class="indent2"> and will be covered with shame—<p class="indent1"> she who said to me, <p class="indent2">“Where is the LORD your God?” <p class="indent1"> My eyes will see her; <p class="indent2"> at that time she will be trampled <p class="indent2"> like mud in the streets. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The day for rebuilding your walls will come—<p class="indent2"> the day for extending your boundary. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>On that day they will come to you <p class="indent2"> from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, <p class="indent1"> even from Egypt to the Euphrates,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent2"> from sea to sea and mountain to mountain. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the earth will become desolate <p class="indent2"> because of its inhabitants, <p class="indent2"> as the fruit of their deeds. <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Compassion on Israel<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Shepherd with Your staff Your people, <p class="indent2"> the flock of Your inheritance. <p class="indent1"> They live alone in a woodland, <p class="indent2"> surrounded by pastures.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <p class="indent1"> Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, <p class="indent2"> as in the days of old. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As in the days when you came out of Egypt, <p class="indent2"> I will show My wonders. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Nations will see and be ashamed, <p class="indent2"> deprived of all their might. <p class="indent1"> They will put their hands over their mouths, <p class="indent2"> and their ears will become deaf. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They will lick the dust like a snake, <p class="indent2"> like reptiles slithering on the ground. <p class="indent1"> They will come trembling from their strongholds <p class="indent2"> in the presence of the LORD our God; <p class="indent2"> they will tremble in fear of You. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Who is a God like You, <p class="indent2"> who pardons iniquity <p class="indent1"> and passes over the transgression <p class="indent2"> of the remnant of His inheritance—<p class="indent1"> who does not retain His anger forever, <p class="indent2"> because He delights in loving devotion?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He will again have compassion on us; <p class="indent2"> He will vanquish our iniquities. <p class="indent1"> You will cast out all our sins <p class="indent2"> into the depths of the sea. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You will show faithfulness to Jacob <p class="indent2"> and loving devotion to Abraham, <p class="indent1"> as You swore to our fathers <p class="indent2"> from the days of old.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>your punishment</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Hebrew <i>in your bosom</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Cited in <a href="../matthew/10.htm#35">Matthew 10:35</a>–36; see also <a href="../luke/12.htm#53">Luke 12:53</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Hebrew <i>the River</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>chesed</i> are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as <i>loving devotion</i>; the range of meaning includes <i>love</i>, <i>goodness</i>, <i>kindness</i>, <i>faithfulness</i>, and <i>mercy</i>, as well as <i>loyalty to a covenant</i>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="//majoritybible.com">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB</a> is produced in cooperation with <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a>, <a href="//discoverybible.com">Discovery Bible</a>, <a href="//openbible.com">OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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