Mic 7:1
Woe H480 is me! For I am H1961
Like the fruit H7019 pickers H625, like the grape H1210 gatherers H5955.
There H369 is H369 not H369 a cluster H811 of H811 grapes H811 to eat H398,
Or a first-ripe H1063 fig H1063 which my soul H5315 desires H183.
Mic 7:2
The [fn]holy H2623 one H2623 has perished H6 from the land H776,
And there H369 is H369 no H369 upright H3477 person among men H120.
All H3605 of them lie H693 in H693 wait H693 for bloodshed H1818;
Each H376 of them hunts H6679 the other H251 with a net H2764.
Mic 7:3
Concerning H5921 evil H7451, both hands H3709 do H3190 it well H3190.
The prince H8269 asks H7592, also the judge H8199, for a payment H7966,
And a great H1419 man H1419 speaks H1696 the craving H1942 of his soul H5315;
So they weave H5686 it together H5686.
Mic 7:4
The best H2896 of them is like a briar H2312,
The most upright H3477 like a thorn H4534 hedge H4534.
The day H3117 when you post your watchmen H6822,
Your punishment H6486 will come H935.
[fn]At that time H6258 their panic H3998 will happen H1961.
Mic 7:5
Do not believe H539 in a neighbor H7453;
Do not have H982 confidence H982 in a close H441 companion H441.
From her who lies H7901 in your bosom H2436
Guard H8104 the openings H6607 of your mouth H6310.
Mic 7:6
For son H1121 treats H5034 father H1 as a wicked H5034 fool H5034;
Daughter H1323 rises H6965 up H6965 against her mother H517,
Daughter-in-law H3618 against her mother-in-law H2545;
A man’s H376 enemies H340 are the men H376 of his own household H1004.
Mic 7:7
But as for me, I will watch H6822 expectantly H6822 for Yahweh H3068;
I will wait H3176 for the God H430 of my salvation H3468.
My God H430 will hear H8085 me.
Mic 7:8
Do not be glad H8055 over me, O my enemy H340.
Though H3588 I fall H5307 I will rise H6965;
Though H3588 I inhabit H3427 the darkness H2822, Yahweh H3068 is a light H216 for me.
Mic 7:9
I will bear H5375 the rage H2197 of Yahweh H3068
Because H3588 I have sinned H2398 against Him,
Until H5704 H834 He pleads H7378 my case H7379 and does H6213 justice H4941 for me.
He will bring H3318 me out H3318 to the light H216,
And I will see H7200 His [fn]righteousness H6666.
Mic 7:10
Then my enemy H340 will see H7200,
And shame H955 will cover H3680 her who said H559 to me,
“Where H335 is Yahweh H3068 your God H430?”
My eyes H5869 will look H7200 on her;
[fn]At that time H6258 she will [fn]be trampled H4823 down H4823
Like mire H2916 of the streets H2351.
Mic 7:11
It will be a day H3117 for building H1129 your walls H1447.
On that day H3117 your boundary H2706 will be extended H7368.
Mic 7:12
It will be a day H3117 when [fn]they will come H935 to you
From Assyria H804 and the cities H5892 of Egypt H4693,
From Egypt H4693 even to the [fn]River H5104,
Even from sea H3220 to sea H3220 and mountain H2022 to mountain H2022.
Mic 7:13
And the earth H776 will become H1961 desolate H8077 because H5921 of her inhabitants H3427,
On H4480 account H4480 of H4480 the fruit H6529 of their deeds H4611.
Mic 7:14
Shepherd H7462 Your people H5971 with Your scepter H7626,
The flock H6629 of Your inheritance H5159
Which dwells H7931 by itself H910 in the forest H3293,
In the midst H8432 of [fn]a fruitful H3759 orchard H3759.
Let them feed H7462 in Bashan H1316 and Gilead H1568
As in the ancient H5769 days H3117.
Mic 7:15
“As in the days H3117 when you came H3318 out H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714,
I will show H7200 [fn]you wondrous H6381 deeds H6381.”
Mic 7:16
Nations H1471 will see H7200 and be H954 ashamed H954
Of all H3605 their might H1369.
They will put H7760 their hand H3027 on their mouth H6310;
Their ears H241 will be H2790 deaf H2790.
Mic 7:17
They will lick H3897 the dust H6083 like a serpent H5175,
Like crawling H2119 things H2119 of the earth H776.
They will come H7264 trembling H7264 out of their [fn]fortresses H4526;
To Yahweh H3068 our God H430 they will come H6342 in H6342 dread H6342,
And they will be H3372 afraid H3372 before H4480 You.
Mic 7:18
Who H4310 is a God H410 like H3644 You, who forgives H5375 iniquity H5771
And passes H5674 over H5921 the transgression H6588 of the remnant H7611 of His inheritance H5159?
He does not hold H2388 fast H2388 to His anger H639 forever H5703
Because H3588 He delights H2654 in lovingkindness H2617.
Mic 7:19
He will again H7725 have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 us;
He will subdue H3533 our iniquities H5771.
And You will cast H7993 all H3605 [fn]their sins H2403
Into the depths H4688 of the sea H3220.
Mic 7:20
You will give H5414 [fn]truth H571 to Jacob H3290
And lovingkindness H2617 to Abraham H85,
Which H834 You swore H7650 to our fathers H1
From the days H3117 of old H6924.
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