Micah 7
7
Wait on the Lord
1#Isa 24:13; Hos 9:10 Woe is me!
Because I am as the gathering of summer fruit,
as the gleaning of grapes;
there is no cluster to eat,
no early fig that my soul desires.
2#Ps 12:1; Isa 57:1 The godly has perished from the earth,
and no one is upright among men.
All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;
each hunts his brother with a net.
3#Mic 3:11; Pr 4:16–17 Both hands are upon evil, to do it well.
The prince and the judge request the bribe,
the powerful asserts the craving of his very soul—
they intertwine together.
4#Isa 22:5; Eze 2:6; 2Sa 23:6–7 The best among them is like a brier,
the most upright among them a bramble;
the day of your watchmen,
of your punishment, has come;
now their confusion is at hand.
5#Jer 9:4 Do not trust in a companion,
do not rely on a friend;
from her who lies in your embrace,
guard the doors of your mouth.
6#Mt 10:35–36; Eze 22:7 For the son dishonors the father,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
the enemies of a man are members of his own household.
7#Isa 25:9 But as for me, I watch for the Lord;
I await the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.
The Penitence of Israel
8#Ps 112:4; Isa 9:2 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!
Although I have fallen, I will rise;
although I dwell in darkness,
the Lord is my light.
9#Ps 37:6; 1Sa 24:15 I will endure the rage of the Lord,
because I have sinned against Him,
until the time when He pleads my case
and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out into the light;
I will look upon His vindication.
10#Joel 2:17; Zec 10:5 Then my enemy will see,
and shame will cover her
who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look upon her;
now she will be trampled
like muck in the streets.
11A day for building your walls,
in that day the boundary will be extended.
12#Isa 19:23–25; 11:16 In that day they will come to you
from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
and from Egypt to the River,
from sea to sea,
and from mountain to mountain.
13#Isa 3:10–11; Jer 25:11 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
from the fruit of their deeds.
The Restoration of Israel
14#Mic 5:4; Ps 28:9 Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock of your inheritance,
which live alone in a forest,
in the midst of a fertile land;
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead,
as in the days of old.
15#Isa 11:16 As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will display wonders.
16#Isa 26:11; 52:15 Nations will see and be ashamed,
despite all their might;
they will put their hand on their mouth,
and their ears will be deaf.
17#Isa 49:23; Ps 18:45 They will lick dust like the serpent,
like crawling creatures of the earth;
they will come shuddering from their lairs.
They will turn in dread to the Lord our God,
and they will be afraid of You.
18#Isa 43:25; Jer 32:41 Who is a God like You,
bearing iniquity and passing over transgression
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not remain angry forever,
because He delights in benevolence.
19#Isa 38:17; Jer 50:20 He will again have compassion upon us.
He will tread down our iniquities,
and cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.
20You will give faithfulness to Jacob
and benevolence to Abraham,
which You swore to our fathers
from the days of old.
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Micah 7
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1Misery is mine!
Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard.
There is no cluster of grapes to eat.
My soul desires to eat the early fig.
2The godly man has perished out of the earth,
and there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
every man hunts his brother with a net.
3Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently.
The ruler and judge ask for a bribe.
The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul.
Thus they conspire together.
4The best of them is like a brier.
The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen,
even your visitation, has come;
now is the time of their confusion.
5Don’t trust in a neighbor.
Don’t put confidence in a friend.
With the woman lying in your embrace,
be careful of the words of your mouth!
6For the son dishonors the father,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
7But as for me, I will look to Yahweh.
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.
8Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy.
When I fall, I will arise.
When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
9I will bear the indignation of Yahweh,
because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my case and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light.
I will see his righteousness.
10Then my enemy will see it,
and shame will cover her who said to me,
“Where is Yahweh your God?”
My eyes will see her.
Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
11A day to build your walls!
In that day, he will extend your boundary.
12In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
and from Egypt even to the River,
and from sea to sea,
and mountain to mountain.
13Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein,
for the fruit of their doings.
14Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock of your heritage,
who dwell by themselves in a forest.
Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land,
in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15“As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt,
I will show them marvelous things.”
16The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might.
They will lay their hand on their mouth.
Their ears will be deaf.
17They will lick the dust like a serpent.
Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens.
They will come with fear to Yahweh our God,
and will be afraid because of you.
18Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity,
and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage?
He doesn’t retain his anger forever,
because he delights in loving kindness.
19He will again have compassion on us.
He will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20You will give truth to Jacob,
and mercy to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
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