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Micah 7:5-18
New American Standard Bible
Micah 7:5-18
New American Standard Bible
5 Do not (A)trust in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a close friend.
Guard [a]your lips
From her who lies [b]in your arms.
6 For (B)son disavows father,
Daughter rises up against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
(C)A person’s enemies are the people of his own household.
God Is the Source of Salvation and Light
7 But as for me, I will (D)be on the watch for the Lord;
I will (E)wait for the God of my salvation.
My (F)God will hear me.
8 (G)Do not rejoice over me, (H)enemy of mine.
Though I fall I will (I)rise;
Though I live in darkness, the Lord is a (J)light for me.
9 I will endure the rage of the Lord
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He (K)pleads my case and executes justice for me.
He will bring me out to the (L)light,
And I will look at His [c](M)righteousness.
10 Then my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who (N)said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look at her;
[d]At that time she will [e]be (O)trampled down
Like mud of the streets.
11 It will be a day for (P)building your walls.
On that day your boundary will be extended.
12 It will be a day when [f]they will (Q)come to you
From Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
From Egypt even to the Euphrates River,
Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
13 And the earth will become a (R)wasteland because of her inhabitants,
On account of the (S)fruit of their deeds.
14 (T)Shepherd Your people with Your (U)scepter,
The flock of Your [g]possession
Which lives by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of [h]a fruitful field.
Let them feed in (V)Bashan and Gilead
(W)As in the days of old.
15 “As in the days when you went out from the land of Egypt,
I will show [i](X)you miracles.”
16 Nations (Y)will see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will (Z)put their hand on their mouth,
Their ears will be deaf.
17 They will (AA)lick up dust like a snake,
Like [j](AB)reptiles of the earth.
They will come (AC)trembling out of their [k]fortresses;
To the Lord our God they will come in (AD)trepidation,
And they will be afraid of You.
18 Who is a God like You, who (AE)pardons wrongdoing
And passes over a rebellious act of the (AF)remnant of His [l]possession?
He does not (AG)retain His anger forever,
Because He (AH)delights in mercy.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:5 Lit the openings of your mouth
- Micah 7:5 Lit on your chest
- Micah 7:9 I.e., right dealing
- Micah 7:10 Lit Now
- Micah 7:10 Lit become a trampled place
- Micah 7:12 Lit he
- Micah 7:14 Or inheritance
- Micah 7:14 Or Carmel
- Micah 7:15 Lit him
- Micah 7:17 Lit crawling things
- Micah 7:17 Or prisons
- Micah 7:18 Or inheritance
Micah 7:5-18
New International Version
Micah 7:5-18
New International Version
5 Do not trust a neighbor;
put no confidence in a friend.(A)
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
guard the words of your lips.
6 For a son dishonors his father,
a daughter rises up against her mother,(B)
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.(C)
7 But as for me, I watch(D) in hope(E) for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear(F) me.
Israel Will Rise
8 Do not gloat over me,(G) my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise.(H)
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.(I)
9 Because I have sinned against him,
I will bear the Lord’s wrath,(J)
until he pleads my case(K)
and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;(L)
I will see his righteousness.(M)
10 Then my enemy will see it
and will be covered with shame,(N)
she who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”(O)
My eyes will see her downfall;(P)
even now she will be trampled(Q) underfoot
like mire in the streets.
11 The day for building your walls(R) will come,
the day for extending your boundaries.
12 In that day people will come to you
from Assyria(S) and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
and from sea to sea
and from mountain to mountain.(T)
13 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
as the result of their deeds.(U)
Prayer and Praise
14 Shepherd(V) your people with your staff,(W)
the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
in fertile pasturelands.[a](X)
Let them feed in Bashan(Y) and Gilead(Z)
as in days long ago.(AA)
15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders.(AB)”
16 Nations will see and be ashamed,(AC)
deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths(AD)
and their ears will become deaf.
17 They will lick dust(AE) like a snake,
like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling(AF) out of their dens;
they will turn in fear(AG) to the Lord our God
and will be afraid of you.
18 Who is a God(AH) like you,
who pardons sin(AI) and forgives(AJ) the transgression
of the remnant(AK) of his inheritance?(AL)
You do not stay angry(AM) forever
but delight to show mercy.(AN)
Footnotes
- Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel
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