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Micah 7

The Prophet Acknowledges

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Woe is me! For I am Like the fruit pickers, like the  agrape gatherers. There is not a cluster of grapes to eat, Or a  bfirst-ripe fig which  1I crave.

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The  1godly person has  aperished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for  bbloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a  cnet.

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Concerning evil, both hands do it  awell. The prince asks, also the judge, for a  bbribe, And a great man speaks the desire of his soul; So they weave it together.

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The best of them is like a  abriar, The most upright like a  bthorn hedge. The day when you post your watchmen, Your  cpunishment will come. Then their  dconfusion will occur.

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Do not  atrust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a friend. From her who lies in your bosom Guard  1your lips.

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For  ason treats father contemptuously, Daughter rises up against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;  bA man's enemies are the men of his own household.

God Is the Source of Salvation and Light

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But as for me, I will  awatch expectantly for the LORD; I will  bwait for the God of my salvation. My  cGod will hear me.

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 aDo not rejoice over me, O  bmy enemy. Though I fall I will  crise; Though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a  dlight for me.

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I will bear the indignation of the LORD Because I have sinned against Him, Until He  apleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me out to the  blight, And I will see His  1 crighteousness.

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Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who  asaid to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look on her;  1At that time she will  2be  btrampled down Like mire of the streets.

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It will be a day for  abuilding your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended.

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It will be a day when  1they will  acome to you From Assyria and the cities of Egypt, From Egypt even to the  2Euphrates, Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

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And the earth will become  adesolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the  bfruit of their deeds.

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 aShepherd Your people with Your  bscepter, The flock of Your  1possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of  2a fruitful field. Let them feed in  cBashan and Gilead  dAs in the days of old.

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"As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will show  1 ayou miracles."

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Nations  awill see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will  bput their hand on their mouth, Their ears will be deaf.

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They will  alick the dust like a serpent, Like  breptiles of the earth. They will come  ctrembling out of their  1fortresses; To the LORD our God they will come in  ddread And they will be afraid before You.

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Who is a God like You, who  apardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the  bremnant of His  1possession? He does not  cretain His anger forever, Because He  ddelights in  2unchanging love.

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He will again have compassion on us;  aHe will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will  bcast all  1their sins Into the depths of the sea.

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You will give  1 atruth to Jacob And  2unchanging love to Abraham, Which You  bswore to our forefathers From the days of old.



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