Micah Chapter 7 (NIV)
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Israel’s MiseryWhat misery is mine!I am like one who gathers summer fruitat the gleaning of the vineyard;there is no cluster of grapes to eat,none of the early figs that I crave.
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The godly have been swept from the land;not one upright man remains.All men lie in wait to shed blood;each hunts his brother with a net.
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Both hands are skilled in doing evil;the ruler demands gifts,the judge accepts bribes,the powerful dictate what they desire—they all conspire together.
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The best of them is like a brier,the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.The day of your watchmen has come,the day God visits you.Now is the time of their confusion.
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Do not trust a neighbor;put no confidence in a friend.Even with her who lies in your embracebe careful of your words.
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For a son dishonors his father,a daughter rises up against her mother,a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
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But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord,I wait for God my Savior;my God will hear me.
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Israel Will RiseDo not gloat over me, my enemy!Though I have fallen, I will rise.Though I sit in darkness,the Lord will be my light.
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Because I have sinned against him,I will bear the Lord’s wrath,until he pleads my caseand establishes my right.He will bring me out into the light;I will see his righteousness.
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Then my enemy will see itand will be covered with shame,she who said to me,“Where is the Lord your God?”My eyes will see her downfall;even now she will be trampled underfootlike mire in the streets.
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The day for building your walls will come,the day for extending your boundaries.
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In that day people will come to youfrom Assyria and the cities of Egypt,even from Egypt to the Euphratesand from sea to seaand from mountain to mountain.
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The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,as the result of their deeds.
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Prayer and PraiseShepherd your people with your staff,the flock of your inheritance,which lives by itself in a forest,in fertile pasturelands.Let them feed in Bashan and Gileadas in days long ago.
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“As in the days when you came out of Egypt,I will show them my wonders.”
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Nations will see and be ashamed,deprived of all their power.They will lay their hands on their mouthsand their ears will become deaf.
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They will lick dust like a snake,like creatures that crawl on the ground.They will come trembling out of their dens;they will turn in fear to the Lord our Godand will be afraid of you.
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Who is a God like you,who pardons sin and forgives the transgressionof the remnant of his inheritance?You do not stay angry foreverbut delight to show mercy.
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You will again have compassion on us;you will tread our sins underfootand hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
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You will be true to Jacob,and show mercy to Abraham,as you pledged on oath to our fathersin days long ago.
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