Micah 7
Israel's Moral
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Woe is me! for I am as when they have
gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe
fruit.
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The good man is perished out of
the earth; and there is none upright among men: they all lie
in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a
net.
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That they may do evil with both hands
earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a
reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous
desire: so they wrap it up.
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The best of them is as a brier:
the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of
thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their
perplexity.
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Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not
confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that
lieth in thy bosom.
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For the son dishonoreth the father, the
daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against
her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own
house. Mt. 10.35, 36 · Lk. 12.53
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Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God
will hear me.
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The LORD Brings Light and Deliverance |
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Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy:
when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
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I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he
plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth
to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
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10 |
Then she that is mine enemy shall
see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where
is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold
her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the
streets.
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In the day that thy walls are to
be built, in that day shall the decree be far
removed.
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12 |
In that day also he shall
come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified
cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to
sea, and from mountain to mountain.
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13 |
Notwithstanding, the land shall be
desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their
doings.
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The LORD's Compassion on Israel |
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Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock
of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the
midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gil'e-ad, as in
the days of old.
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According to the days of thy coming out
of the land of Egypt will I show unto him marvelous things.
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The nations shall see and be confounded
at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
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17 |
They shall lick the dust like a serpent,
they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they
shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall
fear because of thee.
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Who is a God like unto thee,
that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the
remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever,
because he delighteth in mercy.
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He will turn again, he will have
compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities: and thou wilt
cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
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20 |
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our
fathers from the days of old.
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