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Micah 7:1-20 — Israel's Misery; God's Compassion

Mic.7.1-20

¹Woe is me! For I have become like the gatherings of summer fruit, like the gleanings of the grape harvest. There is no cluster of grapes to eat, no early fig that my soul desires. ²The godly have perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind. They all lie in wait for blood; each man hunts his brother with a net. ³Both hands are skilled at doing evil; the official demands a reward, the judge asks for a bribe, and the great man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together. ⁴The best of them is like a brier, the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen, the day of your visitation, has come; now will be their confusion. ⁵Do not trust in a neighbor; do not put confidence in a close friend. Guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace. ⁶For 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 men of his own household. ⁷But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. ⁸Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me. ⁹I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me out to the light; I will look upon his righteousness. ¹⁰Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, 'Where is the LORD your God?' My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like mud in the streets. ¹¹A day is coming to build your defensive walls; on that day the boundary will be extended farther. ¹²In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. ¹³But the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds. ¹⁴Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a fruitful land. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old. ¹⁵“As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt , I will show them marvelous things.” ¹⁶The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might; they will put their hands over their mouths , and their ears will become deaf. ¹⁷They will lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their strongholds. They will come in dread to the LORD our God, and they will be afraid of you. ¹⁸Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. ¹⁹He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. ²⁰You will bestow faithfulness to Jacob , and steadfast love to Abraham, as you swore to our fathers from the days of old.

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4/11/2026

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