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Micah 7 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Wait for the God of Salvation

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:1 - Woe is me! For I have become
as when the summer fruit has been gathered,
as when the grapes have been gleaned:
there is no cluster to eat,
no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2 - The godly has perished from the earth,
and there is no one upright among mankind;
they all lie in wait for blood,
and each hunts the other with a net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3 - Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
the prince and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4 - The best of them is like a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
now their confusion is at hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:5 - Put no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6 - for the son treats the father with contempt,
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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:7 - But as for me, I will look to the LORD;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:8 - Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the LORD will be a light to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:9 - I will bear the indignation of the LORD
because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
I shall look upon his vindication.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:10 - 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 down
like the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:11 - A day for the building of your walls!
In that day the boundary shall be far extended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:12 - In that day they[fn] will come to you,
from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
and from Egypt to the River,[fn]
from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:13 - But the earth will be desolate
because of its inhabitants,
for the fruit of their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 - Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
in the midst of a garden land;[fn]
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:15 - As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
I will show them[fn] marvelous things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:16 - The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
they shall lay their hands on their mouths;
their ears shall be deaf;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - they shall lick the dust like a serpent,
like the crawling things of the earth;
they shall come trembling out of their strongholds;
they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God,
and they shall be in fear of you.

God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:18 - Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
for the remnant of his inheritance?
He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:19 - He will again have compassion on us;
he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
You will cast all our[fn] sins
into the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:20 - You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.
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ESV Footnotes
Hebrew bosom
Hebrew he
That is, the Euphrates
Hebrew of Carmel
Hebrew him
Hebrew their
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Micah Chapter 7 — Additional Translations:

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