Mic 7 | ABEn | STEP | Alas, for I became as one gathering stubble in a harvest, and as [ 2 grape gleanings 1 one gathering] where there does not exist a cluster of [ 2 grapes 3 to eat 1 first-ripe], which [ 2 longs after 1 my soul]. Woe O soul.

‏ Micah 7

CHAPTER 7 Wait Upon The LORD

1 Alas, for I became as one gathering stubble in a harvest, and as [²grape gleanings ¹one gathering] where there does not exist a cluster of [²grapes ³to eat ¹first-ripe], which [²longs after ¹my soul]. Woe O soul. 2 For [²is destroyed ¹the reverent one] from the earth; and [³one keeping straight ⁴among ⁵men ¹there does not ²exist]. All [²unto ³blood ¹adjudicate]; each [²his neighbor ¹squeezes out] by oppression; 3 [³for ⁴evil ²their hands ¹they prepare]; the ruler asks for gifts, and the judge [²peaceable ³words for bribes ¹speaks]. [²the wish ³of his soul ¹It is]. 4 And I will take out their good things, as a moth chews away, and one proceeding by the rule in the day of the watch. Woe, your punishments came, now there shall be their weeping. 5 Do not confide in friends; do not hope upon leaders; of your bed-mate watch out to not present anything to her. 6 For the son dishonors the father; the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; enemies are all the men, the ones in his own house. 7 But I [²upon ³my lord ¹will look]; I will wait upon the lord my deliverer. [²will listen to ³me ¹My God]. 8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy! for I have fallen and I will rise up. For if I shall sit in the darkness, the lord will give light to me. 9 The anger of the lord I shall endure, for I sinned against him, until he does justice to my cause, and shall execute my judgment. He shall lead me into the light; I shall see his righteousness. 10 And [²shall see ¹my enemy] and shall wear shame, saying to me, Where is the lord your God? My eyes shall scrutinize her, now she will be for trampling upon as mud in the ways. 11 A day of plastering of brick is your wiping out, and [²shall be thrust away ¹your laws] in that day. 12 And your cities shall come unto leveling, and into partition by the Assyrians; and [³cities ¹your ²fortified] for partitioning from Tyre unto the river, and from sea unto sea, and from mountain unto mountain. 13 And [³will be ¹the ²land] for extinction with the ones dwelling it, because of the fruits of their practices. 14 Tend your people with your rod, the sheep of your inheritance, the ones encamping by themselves in a forest, in the midst of Carmel! They shall feed Bashan, and Gilead, according to the days of the eon. 15 And according to the days of your departure from the land of Egypt, I will show to them wonderful things. 16 [²shall see ¹Nations] and shall be disgraced, even of all their strength. They shall place hands over their mouth, their ears shall be deafened. 17 They shall lick dust as serpents dragging on the earth; they shall be confounded in their confinement; by the lord our God they shall be amazed, and shall fear from you. 18 What God is as you, removing iniquities and passing over impiety to the remnants of his inheritance? [²is not constrained ³for ⁴a testimony ¹His anger], for [²a wisher ³of mercy ¹he is]. 19 He shall turn and shall pity us; he shall sink our iniquities, and shall throw away into the depths of the sea all our sins. 20 He shall give truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, in so far as you swore an oath to our fathers, according to the [²days ¹former].