Micah 7

1Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. 2The good is perished out of the earth: and none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. 3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge for a reward; and the great , he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. 4The best of them as a brier: the most upright than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen your visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. 5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lieth in your bosom. 6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies the men of his own house. 7Therefore I will look unto the Yahuah; I will wait for the Elohim of my salvation: my Elohim will hear me. 8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Yahuah a light unto me. 9I will bear the indignation of the Yahuah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, I shall behold his righteousness. 10Then mine enemy shall see , and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Yahuah your Elohim? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. 11the day that your walls are to be built, that day shall the decree be far removed. 12that day he shall come even to you from Assyria, and the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain. the fortified cities: or, even to the fortified cities} 13Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. 14Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which dwell solitarily the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 15According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous . 16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay hand upon mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 17They 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 Yahuah our Elohim, and shall fear because of you. 18Who a Elohim like unto you, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth mercy. 19He 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. 20you will perform the truth to Jacob, the mercy to Abraham, which you hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.