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summer fruit,</p> <p class="poetry2">or like those who pick grapes—</p> <p class="poetry2">there are no clusters to eat</p> <p class="poetry2">or any fresh fruit that I want.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The faithful have died off,</p> <p class="poetry2">and there is not one upright human being in the land.</p> <p class="poetry2">They all stalk one another<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:2 The Heb. lacks one another">a</a></span> with lethal intent,</p> <p class="poetry2">a man will even hunt his own brother with a net.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And speaking of evil,</p> <p class="poetry2">they practice it eagerly—with both hands!</p> <p class="poetry2">Both leader and judge demand a bribe,</p> <p class="poetry2">the famous confess their perverted desires,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they scheme together.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The best of them is like a thorn,</p> <p class="poetry2">and their most upright like a hedge of thorns.</p> <p class="poetry2">The day announced by<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:4 Lit. day of">b</a></span> your watchmen—</p> <p class="poetry2">and by your own calculations—approaches.</p> <p class="poetry2">Now it’s your time to be<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:4 The Heb. lacks time to be">c</a></span> confused!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Don’t trust your friends,</p> <p class="poetry2">don’t confide in a companion,</p> <p class="poetry2">watch what you say to your wife.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:5 Lit. her who lies near your bosom">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The son disrespects his father,</p> <p class="poetry2">the daughter rebels against her mother,</p> <p class="poetry2">the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,</p> <p class="poetry2">and a man’s enemies are the people of his own house.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:6 Cf. Matt 10:34-36">e</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Micah Looks to God</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But as for me, I will look to the LORD;</p> <p class="poetry2">I will wait for the God who will deliver me.</p> <p class="poetry2">My God will hear me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Don’t be glad on my account, my enemy.</p> <p class="poetry2">When I fall, I’ll get up.</p> <p class="poetry2">Though I sit in darkness,</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD is a light for me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will endure the LORD’s anger—</p> <p class="poetry2">since I have sinned against him—</p> <p class="poetry2">until he takes over my defense,</p> <p class="poetry2">administers justice on my behalf,</p> <p class="poetry2">and brings me out to the light,</p> <p class="poetry2">where I will gaze on his righteousness.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then my enemy will observe it,</p> <p class="poetry2">and shame will engulf the ones<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:10 Lit. will bury her">f</a></span> who asked me,</p> <p class="poetry2">‘Where is the LORD your God?’</p> <p class="poetry2">My own eyes will see them,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:10 Lit. her">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">they<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:10 Lit. she">h</a></span> will be trampled on like mud in the streets.</p> <p class="heading">A Word of Restoration</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When the time comes<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:11 Lit. In the day">i</a></span> for rebuilding your walls,</p> <p class="poetry2">that time<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:11 Lit. in the day">j</a></span> will surely be extended.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:11 Or that day the decree will be removed far away">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>At that time<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:12 Lit. At that day">l</a></span> armies<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:12 Lit. they">m</a></span> will invade you from Assyria,</p> <p class="poetry2">from Egyptian cities to the Euphrates<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:12 The Heb. lacks Euphrates">n</a></span> River,</p> <p class="poetry2">from sea to sea</p> <p class="poetry2">and from mountain to mountain.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The land will become desolate</p> <p class="poetry2">because of its inhabitants,</p> <p class="poetry2">and as a result of their behavior.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Use your rod to shepherd your people,</p> <p class="poetry2">the flock that belongs to you,</p> <p class="poetry2">that lives alone in the forest of Carmel.</p> <p class="poetry2">Let them find pasture in Bashan and Gilead,</p> <p class="poetry2">as they did long ago.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As I did when<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:15 Lit. As in the days">o</a></span> you came out of the land of Egypt,</p> <p class="poetry2">I will show you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:15 Lit. him">p</a></span> awesome things.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The nations will look on</p> <p class="poetry2">and will be ashamed in spite of all their power;</p> <p class="poetry2">they will cup their hands over their mouths,</p> <p class="poetry2">and their ears will be deaf.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They will lick the dust like a serpent;</p> <p class="poetry2">they will crawl from their strongholds like snakes.</p> <p class="poetry2">They will fear the LORD our God.</p> <p class="poetry2">They will be terrified because of you.</p> <p class="heading">Who is like God?</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Is there any God like you,</p> <p class="poetry2">forgiving iniquity,</p> <p class="poetry2">passing over transgressions by the survivors who are your<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:18 Lit. his">q</a></span> heritage?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:18 i.e. God’s people">r</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">He is not angry forever,</p> <p class="poetry2">because he delights in gracious love.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He will again show us compassion;</p> <p class="poetry2">he will subdue our iniquities.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">You will hurl all their sins into the deepest sea.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You will remain true to Jacob,</p> <p class="poetry2">and merciful to Abraham,</p> <p class="poetry2">as you promised our ancestors long ago.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 7:2 The Heb. lacks <i>one another</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 7:4 Lit. <i>day of</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 7:4 The Heb. lacks <i>time to be</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 7:5 Lit. <i>her who lies near your bosom</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 7:6 Cf. 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