Micah 7

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Micah 7

The Prophet Acknowledges

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Woe is me! For I am
Like the fruit pickers, like the ^(A)grape gatherers.
There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,
Or a ^(B)first-ripe fig which ^(a)I crave.

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The ^(b)godly person has ^(C)perished from the land,
And there is no upright person among men.
All of them lie in wait for ^(D)bloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a ^(E)net.

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Concerning evil, both hands do it ^(F)well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a ^(G)bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.

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The best of them is like a ^(H)briar,
The most upright like a ^(I)thorn hedge.
The day when you post your watchmen,
Your ^(J)punishment will come.
Then their ^(K)confusion will occur.

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Do not ^(L)trust in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a friend.
From her who lies in your bosom
Guard ^(c)your lips.

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For ^(M)son treats father contemptuously,
Daughter rises up against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
^(N)A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

God Is the Source of Salvation and Light

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But as for me, I will ^(O)watch expectantly for the Lord;
I will ^(P)wait for the God of my salvation.
My ^(Q)God will hear me.

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^(R)Do not rejoice over me, O ^(S)my enemy.
Though I fall I will ^(T)rise;
Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a ^(U)light for me.

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I will bear the indignation of the Lord
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He ^(V)pleads my case and executes justice for me.
He will bring me out to the ^(W)light,
And I will see His ^(d)^(X)righteousness.

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Then my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who ^(Y)said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look on her;
^(e)At that time she will ^(f)be ^(Z)trampled down
Like mire of the streets.

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It will be a day for ^(AA)building your walls.
On that day will your boundary be extended.

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It will be a day when ^(g)they will ^(AB)come to you
From Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
From Egypt even to the ^(h)Euphrates,
Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

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And the earth will become ^(AC)desolate because of her inhabitants,
On account of the ^(AD)fruit of their deeds.

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^(AE)Shepherd Your people with Your ^(AF)scepter,
The flock of Your ⁽ⁱ⁾possession
Which dwells by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of ^(j)a fruitful field.
Let them feed in ^(AG)Bashan and Gilead
^(AH)As in the days of old.

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“As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt,
I will show ^(k)^(AI)you miracles.”

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Nations ^(AJ)will see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will ^(AK)put their hand on their mouth,
Their ears will be deaf.

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They will ^(AL)lick the dust like a serpent,
Like ^(AM)reptiles of the earth.
They will come ^(AN)trembling out of their ^(l)fortresses;
To the Lord our God they will come in ^(AO)dread
And they will be afraid before You.

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Who is a God like You, who ^(AP)pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the ^(AQ)remnant of His ^(m)possession?
He does not ^(AR)retain His anger forever,
Because He ^(AS)delights in ⁽ⁿ⁾unchanging love.

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He will again have compassion on us;
^(AT)He will tread our iniquities under foot.
Yes, You will ^(AU)cast all ^(o)their sins
Into the depths of the sea.

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You will give ^(p)^(AV)truth to Jacob
And ^(q)unchanging love to Abraham,
Which You ^(AW)swore to our forefathers
From the days of old.

Footnotes:

a. Micah 7:1: ['Lit ', my soul]

b. Micah 7:2: ['Or ', loyal]

c. Micah 7:5: ['Lit ', openings of your mouth]

d. Micah 7:9: ['I.e. right dealing']

e. Micah 7:10: ['Lit ', Now]

f. Micah 7:10: ['Lit ', become a trampled, ' place']

g. Micah 7:12: ['Lit ', he]

h. Micah 7:12: ['Lit ', River]

i. Micah 7:14: ['Or ', inheritance]

j. Micah 7:14: ['Or ', Carmel]

k. Micah 7:15: ['Lit ', him]

l. Micah 7:17: ['Lit ', fastnesses]

m. Micah 7:18: ['Or ', inheritance]

n. Micah 7:18: ['Or ', lovingkindness]

o. Micah 7:19: ['Several ancient versions read ', our]

p. Micah 7:20: ['Or ', faithfulness]

q. Micah 7:20: ['Or ', lovingkindness]

Cross references:

A. Micah 7:1: Isaiah 24:13

B. Micah 7:1: Isaiah 28:4; Hosea 9:10

C. Micah 7:2: Isaiah 57:1

D. Micah 7:2: Isaiah 59:7; Micah 3:10

E. Micah 7:2: Jeremiah 5:26; Hosea 5:1

F. Micah 7:3: Proverbs 4:16; Proverbs 4:17

G. Micah 7:3: Amos 5:12; Micah 3:11

H. Micah 7:4: Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 28:24

I. Micah 7:4: Nahum 1:10

J. Micah 7:4: Isaiah 10:3; Hosea 9:7

K. Micah 7:4: Isaiah 22:5

L. Micah 7:5: Jeremiah 9:4

M. Micah 7:6: Matthew 10:21; Matthew 10:35; Luke 12:53

N. Micah 7:6: Matthew 10:36

O. Micah 7:7: Habakkuk 2:1

P. Micah 7:7: Psalm 130:5; Isaiah 25:9

Q. Micah 7:7: Psalm 4:3

R. Micah 7:8: Proverbs 24:17; Obadiah 1:12

S. Micah 7:8: Micah 7:10

T. Micah 7:8: Amos 9:11

U. Micah 7:8: Isaiah 9:2

V. Micah 7:9: Jeremiah 50:34

W. Micah 7:9: Psalm 37:6; Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 42:16

X. Micah 7:9: Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 56:1

Y. Micah 7:10: Joel 2:17

Z. Micah 7:10: Isaiah 51:23; Zechariah 10:5

AA. Micah 7:11: Isaiah 54:11; Amos 9:11

AB. Micah 7:12: Isaiah 19:23-25; Isaiah 60:4; Isaiah 60:9

AC. Micah 7:13: Jeremiah 25:11; Micah 6:13

AD. Micah 7:13: Isaiah 3:10; Isaiah 3:11; Micah 3:4

AE. Micah 7:14: Psalm 95:7; Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 49:10; Micah 5:4

AF. Micah 7:14: Leviticus 27:32; Psalm 23:4

AG. Micah 7:14: Jeremiah 50:19

AH. Micah 7:14: Amos 9:11

AI. Micah 7:15: Exodus 3:20; Exodus 34:10; Psalm 78:12

AJ. Micah 7:16: Isaiah 26:11

AK. Micah 7:16: Micah 3:7

AL. Micah 7:17: Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 49:23

AM. Micah 7:17: Deuteronomy 32:24

AN. Micah 7:17: Psalm 18:45

AO. Micah 7:17: Isaiah 25:3; Isaiah 59:19

AP. Micah 7:18: Exodus 34:7; Exodus 34:9; Isaiah 43:25

AQ. Micah 7:18: Micah 2:12; Micah 4:7; Micah 5:7; Micah 5:8

AR. Micah 7:18: Psalm 103:8; Psalm 103:9; Psalm 103:13

AS. Micah 7:18: Jeremiah 32:41

AT. Micah 7:19: Jeremiah 50:20

AU. Micah 7:19: Isaiah 38:17; Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 31:34

AV. Micah 7:20: Genesis 24:27; Genesis 32:10

AW. Micah 7:20: Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 7:12