(A)Rejoice not over me, O (B)my enemy;
    (C)when I fall, I shall rise;
(D)when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.
(E)I will bear the indignation of the Lord
    because I have sinned against him,
until (F)he pleads my cause
    and executes judgment for me.
(G)He will bring me out to the light;
    I shall look upon his vindication.
10 Then (H)my enemy will see,
    and shame will cover her who (I)said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”
(J)My eyes will look upon her;
    now she will be trampled down
    (K)like the mire of the streets.

11 (L)A day for the building of your walls!
    In that day the boundary shall be far extended.
12 In that day they[a] will come to you,
    (M)from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
and from Egypt to (N)the River,[b]
    (O)from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.
13 But (P)the earth will be desolate
    because of its inhabitants,
    for the fruit of their deeds.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:12 Hebrew he
  2. Micah 7:12 That is, the Euphrates

Zion speaks

Do not rejoice[a] over me, my enemy,
        because when I fall, I will rise;
            if I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.
I must bear the raging of the Lord,
    for I have sinned against him,
        until he decides my case and provides justice for me.
    He will bring me out into the light;
        I will see by means of his righteousness.
10     Then my enemy will see;
        shame will cover her who said to me:
            “Where is the Lord your God?”
    My eyes will see her ruin;[b]
        now she will become something to be trampled,
            like mud in the streets.

Micah responds to Zion

11 A day for the building of your walls!
        On that day, the boundary will be distant.
12         On that day, they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
            from Egypt to the River,
            from sea to sea,
            and from mountain to mountain.
13 And the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants,
        because of the fruit of their actions.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:8 Rejoice (feminine singular)
  2. Micah 7:10 Heb lacks ruin.