{"book":"Micah","slug":"micah","ch":7,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Micah","prev":"micah/6","next":"nahum/1","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there [is no] cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Woe is me!"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For I am like one gathering summer fruit"},{"style":"indent2","t":"at the gleaning of the vineyard;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"there [is no] cluster to eat,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no early fig that I crave."}],"h":"Israel’s Great Misery","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"The godly [man] has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The godly [man] has perished from the earth;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"there is no one upright among men."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They all lie in wait for blood;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they hunt one another with a net."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Both hands are skilled at evil;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the prince and the judge demand a bribe."},{"style":"indent1","t":"When the powerful utters his evil desire,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they all conspire together."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"The best of them [is] like a brier; the most upright [is sharper] than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, [the day of] your visitation. Now is [the time] of their confusion.","f":["Or your punishment"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The best of them [is] like a brier;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the most upright [is sharper] than a hedge of thorns."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The day for your watchmen has come,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[the day of] your visitation."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Now is [the time] of their confusion."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.","f":["Hebrew in your bosom"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not rely on a friend;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"do not trust in a companion."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Seal the doors of your mouth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from her who lies in your arms."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies [are] the members of his own household.","f":["Cited in Matthew 10:35–36; see also Luke 12:53."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For a son dishonors his father,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a daughter rises against her mother,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."},{"style":"indent1","t":"A man’s enemies [are] the members"},{"style":"indent2","t":"of his own household."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But as for me, I will look to the LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will wait for the God of my salvation."},{"style":"indent2","t":"My God will hear me."}],"h":"Israel’s Confession and Comfort","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not gloat over me, my enemy!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Though I have fallen, I will arise;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"though I sit in darkness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the LORD will be my light."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Because I have sinned against Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I must endure the rage of the LORD,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"until He argues my case"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and executes justice for me."},{"style":"indent1","t":"He will bring me into the light;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will see His righteousness."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame — she who said to me,“ Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then my enemy will see"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and will be covered with shame —"},{"style":"indent1","t":"she who said to me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Where is the LORD your God?”"},{"style":"indent1","t":"My eyes will see her;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"at that time she will be trampled"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like mud in the streets."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"The day for rebuilding your walls will come — the day for extending your boundary.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The day for rebuilding your walls will come —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the day for extending your boundary."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.","f":["Hebrew the River"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"On that day they will come to you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"even from Egypt to the Euphrates,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from sea to sea and mountain to mountain."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then the earth will become desolate"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because of its inhabitants,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as the fruit of their deeds."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.","f":["Or in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Shepherd with Your staff Your people,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the flock of Your inheritance."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They live alone in a woodland,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"surrounded by pastures."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as in the days of old."}],"h":"God’s Compassion on Israel","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show My wonders.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"As in the days when you came out of Egypt,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will show My wonders."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Nations will see and be ashamed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"deprived of all their might."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They will put their hands over their mouths,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their ears will become deaf."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They will lick the dust like a snake,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like reptiles slithering on the ground."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They will come trembling from their strongholds"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the presence of the LORD our God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they will tremble in fear of You."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance — who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?","f":["Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Who is a God like You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who pardons iniquity"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and passes over the transgression"},{"style":"indent2","t":"of the remnant of His inheritance —"},{"style":"indent1","t":"who does not retain His anger forever,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because He delights in loving devotion?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He will again have compassion on us;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He will vanquish our iniquities."},{"style":"indent1","t":"You will cast out all our sins"},{"style":"indent2","t":"into the depths of the sea."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will show faithfulness to Jacob"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and loving devotion to Abraham,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"as You swore to our fathers"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the days of old."}],"style":"indent1"}]}