Mic Micah, chapter Book of Micah, chapter 7
The Prophet Acknowledges Injustice
Woe to me! For I am
Like harvests of summer fruit, like gleanings of grapes.
There is not a cluster of grapes left to eat,
Nor an early fig, which 7:1 Lit my soul desiresI crave.
The 7:2 Or faithfulgodly person has perished from the land,
And there is no upright person among mankind.
All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a net.Isa 57:1
As for evil, both hands do it well.
The leader asks for a bribe, also the judge,
And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul;
So they plot it together.Isa 1:15; Isa 1:23
The best of them is like a thorn bush,
The most upright like a thorn hedge.
The day 7:4 Lit of yourwhen you post your watchmen,
Your punishment is coming.
Then their confusion will occur.
Do not trust in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a close friend.
Guard 7:5 Lit the openings of your mouthyour lips
From her who lies 7:5 Lit on your chestin your arms.
For son disavows father,
Daughter rises up against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A person’s enemies are the people of his own household.Mat 10:21; Mat 10:35
God Is the Source of Salvation and Light
¶But as for me, I will be on the watch for the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.
Do not rejoice over me, enemy of mine.
Though I fall I will rise;
Though I live in darkness, the Lord is a light for me.Psa 27:1
¶I will endure the rage of the Lord
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my case and executes justice for me.
He will bring me out to the light,
And I will look at His 7:9 I.e., right dealingrighteousness.
Then my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look at her;
7:10 Lit NowAt that time she will 7:10 Lit become a trampled placebe trampled down
Like mud of the streets.Psa 79:10; Jol 2:17
It will be a day for building your walls.
On that day your boundary will be extended.Amo 9:11
It will be a day when 7:12 Lit hethey will come to you
From Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
From Egypt even to the Euphrates River,
Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.Isa 19:23
And the earth will become a wasteland because of her inhabitants,
On account of the fruit of their deeds.
¶Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,
The flock of Your 7:14 Or inheritancepossession
Which lives by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of 7:14 Or Carmela fruitful field.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
As in the days of old.Psa 45:6; Isa 10:24; Zec 2:12
“As in the days when you went out from the land of Egypt,
I will show 7:15 Lit himyou miracles.”Exo 12:37
Nations will see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will put their hand on their mouth,
Their ears will be deaf.
They will lick up dust like a snake,
Like 7:17 Lit crawling thingsreptiles of the earth.
They will come trembling out of their 7:17 Or prisonsfortresses;
To the Lord our God they will come in trepidation,
And they will be afraid of You.Psa 72:9; Isa 49:23; Hos 3:5
Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing
And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His 7:18 Or inheritancepossession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.Exo 34:6; Isa 54:7; Jer 31:34; Jer 33:8; Lam 3:22; Act 10:43
He will again take pity on us;
He will trample on our wrongdoings.
Yes, You will cast all 7:19 Several ancient versions ourtheir sins
Into the depths of the sea.Isa 43:25; Zec 3:4; Ezk 18:22
You will give 7:20 Or faithfulnesstruth to Jacob
And favor to Abraham,
Which You swore to our forefathers