My LORD’s BibleMicah 7
1Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
אַלְלַי לִי כִּי הָיִיתִי כְּאָסְפֵּי־קַיִץ כְּעֹלְלֹת בָּצִיר אֵין־אֶשְׁכֹּול לֶאֱכֹול בִּכּוּרָה אִוְּתָה נַפְשִׁי׃ (3389)
See also: Psalms 12:1, Isaiah 28:4, Isaiah 24:13, Jeremiah 5:1, Hosea 9:10, Habakkuk 1:3, Exodus 22:29, Numbers 13:20, Isaiah 17:6, Jeremiah 24:2, Jeremiah 40:10, Amos 8:2, Leviticus 19:10, Numbers 18:13, 2 Samuel 16:1, Nehemiah 6:17, Psalms 120:5, Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 24:16, Jeremiah 4:31
2The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
אָבַד חָסִיד מִן־הָאָרֶץ וְיָשָׁר בָּאָדָם אָיִן כֻּלָּם לְדָמִים יֶאֱרֹבוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיהוּ יָצוּדוּ חֵרֶם׃ (2638)
See also: Isaiah 57:1, Psalms 12:1, Psalms 57:6, Isaiah 59:4, Psalms 14:1-3, Isaiah 59:7, Jeremiah 5:26, Proverbs 1:11, Isaiah 59:15, Jeremiah 16:16, Isaiah 9:19, Psalms 10:9, Psalms 59:3, Ezekiel 22:12, Hosea 4:2, Hosea 5:1, Malachi 2:10, Malachi 2:16, Judges 16:6, 1 Samuel 24:11
3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
עַל־הָרַע כַּפַּיִם לְהֵיטִיב הַשַּׂר שֹׁאֵל וְהַשֹּׁפֵט בַּשִּׁלּוּם וְהַגָּדֹול דֹּבֵר הַוַּת נַפְשֹׁו הוּא וַיְעַבְּתוּהָ׃ (3823)
See also: Micah 3:11, Isaiah 1:23, 1 Timothy 6:10, Proverbs 4:16-17, Exodus 20:15, Deuteronomy 16:19, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Psalms 15:5, Proverbs 17:8, Proverbs 17:23, Proverbs 28:21, Isaiah 5:23, Jeremiah 9:3, Hosea 7:1, Hosea 7:3, Genesis 19:4, Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 24:17, Psalms 26:10, Proverbs 24:2
4The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
טֹובָם כְּחֵדֶק יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה יֹום מְצַפֶּיךָ פְּקֻדָּתְךָ בָאָה עַתָּה תִהְיֶה מְבוּכָתָם׃ (3181)
See also: Isaiah 22:5, Ezekiel 2:6, Nahum 1:10, Isaiah 10:3, 2 Samuel 23:6-7, Hosea 9:7, Luke 21:25, Jeremiah 23:2, Jeremiah 11:23, Jeremiah 46:21, Ezekiel 33:7, Hosea 9:8, Judges 8:16, Nehemiah 6:2, Job 31:14, Isaiah 55:13, Jeremiah 6:15, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 23:12
5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
אַל־תַּאֲמִינוּ בְרֵעַ אַל־תִּבְטְחוּ בְּאַלּוּף מִשֹּׁכֶבֶת חֵיקֶךָ שְׁמֹר פִּתְחֵי־פִיךָ׃ (3433)
See also: Psalms 118:8, Jeremiah 9:4, Psalms 141:3, Matthew 10:35, Psalms 39:1, Matthew 10:16, Job 6:14-15, Judges 16:5-20, Ecclesiastes 3:7, Matthew 10:21, Proverbs 29:11, Matthew 24:10, 1 Kings 1:2, Psalms 55:13, Jeremiah 12:6, Judges 16:17, Psalms 41:9, Luke 12:52, Genesis 29:23, Deuteronomy 13:6
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 are the men of his own house.
כִּי־בֵן מְנַבֵּל אָב בַּת קָמָה בְאִמָּהּ כַּלָּה בַּחֲמֹתָהּ אֹיְבֵי אִישׁ אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתֹו׃ (2425)
See also: Matthew 10:35-36, Matthew 10:36, Luke 12:53, Matthew 10:21, Psalms 41:9, Psalms 55:12-14, Ezekiel 22:7, 2 Timothy 3:2-3, Matthew 26:23, Matthew 26:49-50, Luke 21:16, Proverbs 30:11, Jeremiah 12:6, Obadiah 1:7, John 13:18, Genesis 9:22-24, 2 Samuel 16:21-23, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 49:4, 2 Samuel 15:10-12
7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
וַאֲנִי בַּיהוָה אֲצַפֶּה אֹוחִילָה לֵאלֹהֵי יִשְׁעִי יִשְׁמָעֵנִי אֱלֹהָי׃ (1323)
See also: Hebrews 12:2, Philippians 4:19, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 25:3, Lamentations 3:25, Psalms 62:5, Psalms 37:7, Habakkuk 2:3, 1 John 5:14-15, Habakkuk 3:18, Psalms 37:24, Isaiah 45:22, Isaiah 50:10, Isaiah 25:9, Psalms 27:12-14, Isaiah 8:17, Psalms 34:5-6, Psalms 40:1-3, Psalms 55:16-17, Psalms 25:5
8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
אַל־תִּשְׂמְחִי אֹיַבְתִּי לִי כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי כִּי־אֵשֵׁב בַּחֹשֶׁךְ יְהוָה אֹור לִי׃ (3338)
See also: Proverbs 24:16, Psalms 118:6, John 8:12, Psalms 12:5, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 138:7, Isaiah 9:2, Psalms 37:6, Psalms 112:4, Matthew 4:16, Psalms 86:17, 1 Corinthians 13:6, Psalms 23:3, Psalms 107:10-15, Obadiah 1:12, 2 Corinthians 4:9, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Psalms 13:2, Psalms 38:16, Psalms 41:10-12
9I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
זַעַף יְהוָה אֶשָּׂא כִּי חָטָאתִי לֹו עַד אֲשֶׁר יָרִיב רִיבִי וְעָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּטִי יֹוצִיאֵנִי לָאֹור אֶרְאֶה בְּצִדְקָתֹו׃ (4041)
See also: Psalms 35:1, Psalms 97:11, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Psalms 37:6, 2 Samuel 22:29, Psalms 94:15, Psalms 119:154, Proverbs 14:19, Isaiah 42:3, Jeremiah 10:19, Jeremiah 50:34, Acts 12:7, 1 Samuel 24:15, Psalms 43:1, Proverbs 22:23, Lamentations 3:39, Ephesians 5:13, 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10, Hebrews 12:6-7, Job 34:31
10Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
וְתֵרֶא אֹיַבְתִּי וּתְכַסֶּהָ בוּשָׁה הָאֹמְרָה אֵלַי אַיֹּו יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיִךְ עֵינַי תִּרְאֶינָּה בָּהּ עַתָּה תִּהְיֶה לְמִרְמָס כְּטִיט חוּצֹות׃ (4871)
See also: Zephaniah 3:19, Micah 7:8, Malachi 4:3, 2 Samuel 22:43, Psalms 42:10, Isaiah 63:3, Jeremiah 30:16, Jeremiah 50:33-34, Zechariah 10:5, Psalms 18:42, Psalms 35:26, Isaiah 41:25, Ezekiel 16:6, Joel 2:17, Zechariah 2:8, Revelation 18:20, Judges 5:21, 2 Kings 9:33-37, Psalms 79:10, Jeremiah 51:51
11In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
יֹום לִבְנֹות גְּדֵרָיִךְ יֹום הַהוּא יִרְחַק־חֹק׃ (1280)
See also: Zechariah 2:4, Nehemiah 2:8, Psalms 51:18, Jeremiah 46:27, Ezekiel 37:21, Amos 9:11-15, Ezra 4:12-24, Nehemiah 2:17, Nehemiah 3:1-16, Nehemiah 4:3, Nehemiah 4:6, Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 54:11, Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 42:20, Zechariah 10:10, Daniel 9:25
12In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
יֹום הוּא וְעָדֶיךָ יָבֹוא לְמִנִּי אַשּׁוּר וְעָרֵי מָצֹור וּלְמִנִּי מָצֹור וְעַד־נָהָר וְיָם מִיָּם וְהַר הָהָר׃ (2830)
See also: Jeremiah 23:3, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 19:23-25, Isaiah 11:16, Ezekiel 20:41, Hosea 11:11, Isaiah 27:12-13, Isaiah 43:6, Isaiah 49:12, Isaiah 60:4-9, Isaiah 66:19-20, Jeremiah 3:18, Jeremiah 31:8, Ezekiel 29:21, Ezekiel 37:21
13Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
וְהָיְתָה הָאָרֶץ לִשְׁמָמָה עַל־יֹשְׁבֶיהָ מִפְּרִי מַעַלְלֵיהֶם׃ (2119)
See also: Jeremiah 17:10, Isaiah 3:10-11, Zephaniah 1:2, Jeremiah 25:11, Ezekiel 12:19, Jeremiah 7:34, Ezekiel 33:28, Micah 5:3, Micah 6:13, Zephaniah 1:17, Leviticus 26:33-39, 2 Kings 18:10, Job 4:8, Proverbs 1:31, Proverbs 5:22, Proverbs 31:31, Isaiah 6:11-13, Isaiah 17:9, Isaiah 24:3-8, Jeremiah 21:14
14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
רְעֵה עַמְּךָ בְשִׁבְטֶךָ צֹאן נַחֲלָתֶךָ שֹׁכְנִי לְבָדָד יַעַר בְּתֹוךְ כַּרְמֶל יִרְעוּ בָשָׁן וְגִלְעָד כִּימֵי עֹולָם׃ (3782)
See also: Jeremiah 29:11, Psalms 23:4, Ezekiel 34:13, Ezekiel 36:11, Acts 20:28, Psalms 23:1-4, Micah 5:4, Psalms 100:3, Ezekiel 34:16, Micah 7:18, Isaiah 40:11, Psalms 28:9, Isaiah 49:10, Ezekiel 34:31, Ezekiel 37:23, John 10:27-30, 1 Peter 5:3, Exodus 4:2, Leviticus 27:32, Psalms 68:15
15According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
כִּימֵי צֵאתְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם אַרְאֶנּוּ נִפְלָאֹות׃ (2127)
See also: Jeremiah 33:3, Psalms 78:12-72, Exodus 3:20, Numbers 23:23, Isaiah 51:9, Psalms 68:22, Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 63:11-15, Jeremiah 23:7-8, Revelation 11:18, Ezekiel 36:36, Ezekiel 38:16, Daniel 11:32, Exodus 7:3, Isaiah 64:2, Zechariah 12:3, Acts 13:17, Romans 11:26
16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
יִרְאוּ גֹויִם וְיֵבֹשׁוּ מִכֹּל גְּבוּרָתָם יָשִׂימוּ יָד עַל־פֶּה אָזְנֵיהֶם תֶּחֱרַשְׁנָה׃ (2982)
See also: Isaiah 26:11, Proverbs 14:19, Zephaniah 3:15, Judges 18:19, Job 40:4, Isaiah 52:15, Zechariah 12:8, Job 29:9-10, Proverbs 30:32, Zechariah 10:6, Zechariah 14:12, Nehemiah 2:10, Job 21:5, Psalms 126:2, Isaiah 66:18, Jeremiah 46:22, Ezekiel 38:23, Ezekiel 39:17-21, Micah 3:7, Micah 4:3
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 LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
יְלַחֲכוּ עָפָר כַּנָּחָשׁ כְּזֹחֲלֵי אֶרֶץ יִרְגְּזוּ מִמִּסְגְּרֹתֵיהֶם אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יִפְחָדוּ וְיִרְאוּ מִמֶּךָּ׃ (2782)
See also: Isaiah 49:23, Genesis 3:14, Psalms 18:45, Psalms 72:9, 2 Samuel 22:46, Isaiah 65:25, Revelation 6:15-17, Exodus 15:14-16, Leviticus 11:42, Joshua 2:9-11, Joshua 9:24, Joshua 10:16, 1 Samuel 14:11, Psalms 9:20, Psalms 102:9, Isaiah 2:19-21, Isaiah 7:19, Isaiah 25:3, Isaiah 59:19, Isaiah 60:14
18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
מִי־אֵל כָּמֹוךָ נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וְעֹבֵר עַל־פֶּשַׁע לִשְׁאֵרִית נַחֲלָתֹו לֹא־הֶחֱזִיק לָעַד אַפֹּו כִּי־חָפֵץ חֶסֶד הוּא׃ (3551)
See also: Isaiah 43:25, Lamentations 3:22, Isaiah 1:18, Exodus 34:6, Psalms 103:12, 1 Peter 5:10, Isaiah 44:22, Psalms 32:1, Psalms 23:3, Luke 23:43, Romans 9:15, Ephesians 2:4-5, Psalms 103:8-9, 2 Corinthians 1:3, Jeremiah 9:24, Joel 2:13, Jeremiah 50:20, 2 Samuel 7:22, Jonah 4:2, Acts 13:38-39
19He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
יָשׁוּב יְרַחֲמֵנוּ יִכְבֹּשׁ עֲוֹנֹתֵינוּ וְתַשְׁלִיךְ בִּמְצֻלֹות יָם כָּל־חַטֹּאותָם׃ (3454)
See also: Isaiah 38:17, Hebrews 8:12, Jeremiah 50:20, Isaiah 43:25, Romans 6:14, Jeremiah 31:34, Psalms 103:12, Hebrews 10:2, Titus 2:14, Matthew 18:22, Mark 8:2, Ezekiel 18:22, Luke 7:47, Romans 8:2-3, 1 John 3:8, Psalms 69:16, Psalms 130:8, Ezekiel 36:25-27, Hosea 14:4, Romans 7:23-25
20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב חֶסֶד לְאַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ מִימֵי קֶדֶם׃ (3919)
See also: Numbers 23:19, Exodus 34:6, Psalms 117:2, Psalms 119:90, Luke 24:27, 1 Thessalonians 5:24, Hebrews 6:13, Genesis 12:2, Psalms 85:10, Luke 1:54, Genesis 26:3, Psalms 43:3, Luke 1:72, Romans 3:4, Genesis 17:7, Psalms 69:13, Genesis 28:13-14, Psalms 61:7, Psalms 105:42, John 1:17