35 I will bring you into the wilderness(A) of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment(B) upon you.

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14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her;
    I will lead her into the wilderness(A)
    and speak tenderly to her.

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36 As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign Lord.(A)

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13 Now it is planted in the desert,(A)
    in a dry and thirsty land.(B)

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20 I will spread my net(A) for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment(B) on him there because he was unfaithful(C) to me.

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35     you say, ‘I am innocent;(A)
    he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment(B) on you
    because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’(C)

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14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,(A) so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,(B) out of the serpent’s reach.

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13 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
    as the result of their deeds.(A)

Prayer and Praise

14 Shepherd(B) your people with your staff,(C)
    the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
    in fertile pasturelands.[a](D)
Let them feed in Bashan(E) and Gilead(F)
    as in days long ago.(G)

15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
    I will show them my wonders.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel

The Lord’s Case Against Israel

Listen to what the Lord says:

“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;(A)
    let the hills hear what you have to say.

“Hear,(B) you mountains, the Lord’s accusation;(C)
    listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.
For the Lord has a case(D) against his people;
    he is lodging a charge(E) against Israel.

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10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
    like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
    to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;(A)
    there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(B) you
    out of the hand of your enemies.

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The Charge Against Israel

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
    because the Lord has a charge(A) to bring
    against you who live in the land:(B)
“There is no faithfulness,(C) no love,
    no acknowledgment(D) of God in the land.(E)

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22 I will execute judgment(A) on him with plague and bloodshed;(B) I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones(C) and burning sulfur(D) on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.(E)

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After many days(A) you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations(B) to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.(C)

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31 The tumult(A) will resound to the ends of the earth,
    for the Lord will bring charges(B) against the nations;
he will bring judgment(C) on all(D) mankind
    and put the wicked to the sword,(E)’”
declares the Lord.

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“Therefore I bring charges(A) against you again,”
declares the Lord.
    “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.

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