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Now is their perplexity.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Do not believe in a friend, "" Do not trust in a leader, "" From her who is lying in your bosom keep the openings of your mouth.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For a son is dishonoring a father, "" A daughter has stood against her mother, "" A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, "" The enemies of each [are] the men of his house.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And I—in YHWH I watch, "" I wait for the God of my salvation, "" My God hears me.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You do not rejoice over me, O my enemy, "" When I have fallen, I have risen, "" When I sit in darkness YHWH is a light to me.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I bear the indignation of YHWH, "" For I have sinned against Him, "" Until He pleads my cause, "" And has executed my judgment, "" He brings me forth to the light, "" I look on His righteousness.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And my enemy sees, "" And shame covers her, "" Who says to me, “Where [is] your God YHWH?” My eyes look on her, "" Now she is for a treading-place, "" As mire of the out-places.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The day to build your walls! That day—removed is the limit.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>That day—even to you it comes in, "" From Asshur and the cities of the fortress, "" And from the fortress even to the river, "" And from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the land has been for a desolation, "" Because of its inhabitants, "" Because of the fruit of their doings.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Rule Your people with Your rod, "" The flock of Your inheritance, "" Dwelling alone [in] a forest in the midst of Carmel, "" They enjoy Bashan and Gilead as in days of old.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“According to the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt, "" I show it wonderful things.”<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Nations see, and they are ashamed of all their might, "" They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, "" They tremble from their enclosures, "" They are afraid of our God YHWH, "" Indeed, they are afraid of You.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Who [is] a God like You? Taking away iniquity, "" And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, "" He has not retained His anger forever, "" Because He delights [in] kindness.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He turns back, He pities us, "" He subdues our iniquities, "" And You cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You give truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, "" That You have sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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