Micah 7

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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1Woe is me! Because I am as the gathering of summer fruit, as the gleaning of grapes; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that my soul desires.

2The godly has perished from the earth, and no one is upright among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; each hunts his brother with a net.

3Both hands are upon evil, to do it well. The prince and the judge request the bribe, the powerful asserts the craving of his very soul— they intertwine together.

4The best among them is like a brier, the most upright among them a bramble; the day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.

5Do not trust in a companion, do not rely on a friend; from her who lies in your embrace, guard the doors of your mouth.

6For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— the enemies of a man are members of his own household.

7But as for me, I watch for the Lord; I await the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

8Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! Although I have fallen, I will rise; although I dwell in darkness, the Lord is my light.

9I will endure the rage of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him, until the time when He pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out into the light; I will look upon His vindication.

10Then my enemy will see, 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 like muck in the streets.

11A day for building your walls, in that day the boundary will be extended.

12In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the Euphrates River, from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

13The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, from the fruit of their deeds.

14Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, which live alone in a forest, in the midst of a fertile land; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

15As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will display wonders.

16Nations will see and be ashamed, despite all their might; they will put their hand on their mouth, and their ears will be deaf.

17They will lick dust like the serpent, like crawling creatures of the earth; they will come shuddering from their lairs. They will turn in dread to the Lord our God, and they will be afraid of You.

18Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not remain angry forever, because He delights in benevolence.

19He will again have compassion upon us. He will tread down our iniquities, and cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.

20You will give faithfulness to Jacob and benevolence to Abraham, which You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

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