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Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy.
    When I fall, I will arise.
    When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
I will bear the indignation of Yahweh,
    because I have sinned against him,
    until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me.
    He will bring me out to the light.
    I will see his righteousness.
10 Then my enemy will see it,
    and shame will cover her who said to me,
    where is Yahweh your God?
Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame.
    Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
11 A day to build your walls!
    In that day, he will extend your boundary.
12 In 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 mountain to mountain.
13 Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein,
    for the fruit of their doings.

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Don’t be glad on my account, my enemy.
    When I fall, I’ll get up.
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord is a light for me.
I will endure the Lord’s anger—
    since I have sinned against him—
until he takes over my defense,
    administers justice on my behalf,
and brings me out to the light,
    where I will gaze on his righteousness.
10 Then my enemy will observe it,
    and shame will engulf the ones[a] who asked me,
        ‘Where is the Lord your God?’
My own eyes will see them,[b]
    they[c] will be trampled on like mud in the streets.

A Word of Restoration

11 When the time comes[d] for rebuilding your walls,
    that time[e] will surely be extended.[f]
12 At that time[g] armies[h] will invade you from Assyria,
    from Egyptian cities to the Euphrates[i] River,
from sea to sea
    and from mountain to mountain.
13 The land will become desolate
    because of its inhabitants,
        and as a result of their behavior.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:10 Lit. will bury her
  2. Micah 7:10 Lit. her
  3. Micah 7:10 Lit. she
  4. Micah 7:11 Lit. In the day
  5. Micah 7:11 Lit. in the day
  6. Micah 7:11 Or that day the decree will be removed far away
  7. Micah 7:12 Lit. At that day
  8. Micah 7:12 Lit. they
  9. Micah 7:12 The Heb. lacks Euphrates