Micah 7

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¹Alas for me! for I am become as one gathering straw in harvest, and as [one gathering] grape-gleanings in the vintage, when there is no cluster for me to eat the first-ripe fruit: alas my soul!

²For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders [his way] aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbour:

²For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders [his way] aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbor:

³they prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks [a reward], and the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul:

⁴therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a [rigid] rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, thy times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.

⁴therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a [rigid] rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, your times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.

⁵Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of thy wife, so as not to commit anything to her.

⁵Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of your wife, so as not to commit anything to her.

⁶For the son dishonours his father, the daughter will rise up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house [shall be] all a man's enemies.

⁶For the son dishonors his father, the daughter will rise up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house [shall be] all a man's enemies.

⁷But I will look to the Lord; I will wait upon God my Saviour: my God will hearken to me.

⁷But I will look to the Lord; I will wait upon God my Saviour: my God will listen to me.

⁸Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen [yet] shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.

⁸Rejoice not against me, my enemy; for I have fallen [yet] shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.

⁹I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he make good my cause: he also shall maintain my right, and shall bring me out to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.

¹⁰And she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shall clothe herself with shame, who says, Where [is] the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall look upon her: now shall she be for trampling as mire in the ways.

¹⁰And she that is my enemy shall see it, and shall clothe herself with shame, who says, Where [is] the Lord your God? my eyes shall look upon her: now shall she be for trampling as mire in the ways.

¹¹[It is] the day of making of brick; that day shall be thine utter destruction, and that day shall utterly abolish thine ordinances.

¹¹[It is] the day of making of brick; that day shall be your utter destruction, and that day shall utterly abolish your ordinances.

¹²And thy cities shall be levelled, and parted among the Assyrians; and thy strong cities shall be parted from Tyre to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

¹²And your cities shall be levelled, and parted among the Assyrians; and your strong cities shall be parted from Tyre to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

¹³And the land shall be utterly desolate together with them that inhabit it, because of the fruit of their doings.

¹⁴Tend thy people with thy rod, the sheep of thine inheritance, those that inhabit by themselves the thicket in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in the land of Basan, and in the land of Galaad, as in the days of old.

¹⁴Tend your people with your rod, the sheep of your inheritance, those that inhabit by themselves the thicket in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in the land of Basan, and in the land of Galaad, as in the days of old.

¹⁵And according to the days of thy departure out of Egypt shall ye see marvellous [things].

¹⁵And according to the days of your departure out of Egypt shall you⌃ see marvelous [things].

¹⁶The nations shall see and be ashamed; and at all their might they shall lay their hands upon their mouth, their ears shall be deafened.

¹⁷They shall lick the dust as serpents crawling on the earth, they shall be confounded in their holes; they shall be amazed at the Lord our God, and will be afraid of thee.

¹⁷They shall lick the dust as serpents crawling on the earth, they shall be confounded in their holes; they shall be amazed at the Lord our God, and will be afraid of you.

¹⁸Who is a God like thee, cancelling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a testimony, for he delights in mercy.

¹⁸Who is a God like you, cancelling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a testimony, for he delights in mercy.

¹⁹He will return and have mercy upon us; he will sink our iniquities, and they shall be cast into the depths of the sea, [even] all our sins.

¹⁹He will return and have mercy upon us; he will sink our iniquities, and they shall be cast into the depth of the sea, [even] all our sins.

²⁰He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraam, as thou swarest to our fathers, according to the former days.

²⁰He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraam, as you swore to our fathers, according to the former days.