Micah
Chapter 7
1 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.
2 The good man is perished out of the earth.
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood.
They hunt every man his brother with a net.
3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly,
the
prince asks {to be bribed} . . .
and
the judge asks for a reward.
And the great man, he utters his mischievous desire.
So they wrap it up.
4 The best of them is as a brier.
The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen and your visitation comes.
Now shall be their perplexity.
5 Trust you all not in a friend.
Put you all not confidence in a guide.
Keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.
6
For the son dishonors the father,
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.
7 Therefore I will look unto Jehovah/God.
I will wait for the 'Elohiym/Godhead of my deliverance/salvation.
My 'Elohiym/Godhead will hear me.
8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy.
When I fall, I shall arise.
When I sit in darkness, Jehovah/God shall be a Light unto me.
9
I will bear the indignation of Jehovah/God,
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.
10
Then she who is my enemy shall see it,
and
shame shall cover her who said unto me,
"Where
is Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead?
My eyes shall behold her.
Now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
11
In the day that your walls are to be built,
in
that day
shall
the decree be far removed.
12
In that day also
he
shall come even to you 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.
13
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate
because
of those who dwell therein . . .
for
the fruit/'production of their {evil} doings.
14
Feed your people with your rod,
the
flock of your heritage,
which
dwell solitarily in the wood,
in
the middle of Carmel.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15
According to the days of your coming
out
of the land of Egypt
I
will show unto him marvelous things.
16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might.
They
shall lay their hand upon their mouth,
their
ears shall be deaf.
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 Jehovah/God our 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
shall fear because of you.
18
Who is a 'Elohiym/Godhead like unto you,
Who
pardons iniquity,
and
passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage?
He
retains not His anger forever . . .
because
He delights in mercy.
19
He will turn again,
He
will have compassion upon us.
He will subdue our iniquities.
And you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20
You will perform the truth to Jacob,
and
the mercy to Abraham,
which
You have sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
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