Micah 7

1 woe! to/for me for to be like/as gathering summer like/as gleaning vintage nothing cluster to/for to eat early fig to desire soul: appetite my

I'm totally miserable! I've become like someone trying to glean summer fruit after the grape harvest is over. I can't find any grapes to eat, and there are no early figs that I love.

2 to perish pious from [the] land: country/planet and upright in/on/with man nothing all their to/for blood to ambush man: anyone [obj] brother: compatriot his to hunt net

All the good people in the country are gone, there's no one who does right left anywhere. Everyone is looking to murder others; they try to trap even their own brothers.

3 upon [the] bad: evil palm to/for be good [the] ruler to ask and [the] to judge in/on/with recompense and [the] great: large to speak: speak desire soul: appetite his he/she/it and to weave her

They are experts at evil; both officials and judges ask for bribes; the powerful demand their evil desires; and they scheme together to get what they want.

4 pleasant their like/as briar upright from hedge day to watch you punishment your to come (in): come now to be confusion their

Even the best of them is like a thorny bush, the most honest like a thorn hedge. Your day of judgment that was announced by the prophets, your time of punishment, has arrived. You'rethrown into complete confusion.

5 not be faithful in/on/with neighbor not to trust in/on/with tame from to lie down: lay down bosom: embrace your to keep: guard entrance lip your

Don't trust a neighbor, don't rely on a friend. Watch what you say even to the one who lies in your arms.

6 for son: child be senseless father daughter to arise: attack in/on/with mother her daughter-in-law in/on/with mother-in-law her enemy man human house: household his

For a son treats his father with contempt; a daughter opposes her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law. Your enemies are members of your own family.

7 and I in/on/with LORD to watch to wait: wait to/for God salvation my to hear: hear me God my

But as for me, I look to the Lord. I will wait for the God who saves me. My God will hear me.

8 not to rejoice enemy my to/for me for to fall: fall to arise: rise for to dwell in/on/with darkness LORD light to/for me

Don't gloat over me, my enemies! Even though I fall, I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.

9 rage LORD to lift: bear for to sin to/for him till which to contend strife my and to make: do justice: judgement my to come out: send me to/for light to see: see in/on/with righteousness his

I will endure the Lord's anger because I have sinned against him. But after that he will argue my case and give me justice. He will bring me into the light and I will see his integrity.

10 and to see: see enemy my and to cover her shame [the] to say to(wards) me where? he LORD God your eye my to see: see in/on/with her now to be to/for trampling like/as mud outside

Then my enemies will see it and cover their faces in shame for taunting me, asking, “Where is the Lord your God?” With my own eyes I will see what happens to them; they will be trodden down like mud in the streets.

11 day to/for to build wall your day [the] he/she/it to remove statute: allotment

On that day it will be time to build your walls. On that day your boundaries will be extended.

12 day he/she/it and till you to come (in): come to/for from Assyria and city Egypt and to/for from Egypt and till River and sea from sea and mountain: mount [the] mountain: mount

On that day people will come from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, from Egypt to the Euphrates River, from sea to sea, from mountain to mountain.

13 and to be [the] land: country/planet to/for devastation upon to dwell her from fruit deed their

But the rest of the earth will become desolate because of what those who live there have done.

14 to pasture people your in/on/with tribe: staff your flock inheritance your to dwell to/for isolation wood in/on/with midst plantation to pasture Bashan and Gilead like/as day forever: antiquity

Protect your people with your shepherd's rod. Take care of your flock, your special people, who live alone in the wilderness and in cultivated land. Let them feed in Basham and Gilead as they did long ago.

15 like/as day to come out: come you from land: country/planet Egypt to see: see him to wonder

Like the time when you left the land of Egypt, I will do miracles for you.

16 to see: see nation and be ashamed from all might their to set: put hand upon lip ear their be quiet

The nations will see, and they will be humiliated despite their strength. They will cover their mouths with their hands, and their ears shall become deaf.

17 to lick dust like/as serpent like/as to crawl land: soil to tremble from perimeter their to(wards) LORD God our to dread and to fear: revere from you

They will lick the dust like snakes; they will be like the creepy-crawlies of the earth. They will come trembling from their fortresses to meet the Lord our God, fearful and afraid before him.

18 who? God like you to lift: forgive iniquity: crime and to pass upon transgression to/for remnant inheritance his not to strengthen: strengthen to/for perpetuity face: anger his for delighting kindness he/she/it

Who is a God like you who forgives sin and passes over the rebellion of those who are left of his special people? You do not remain angry forever because you delight in showing faithful love.

19 to return: again to have compassion us to subdue iniquity: crime our and to throw in/on/with depth sea all sin their

You will have compassion on us again. You will tread our sins under your feet, and you will throw our sins into the depths of the sea.

20 to give: do truth: faithful to/for Jacob kindness to/for Abraham which to swear to/for father our from day front: old

You will give your trustworthy truth to the people of Jacob, your faithful love to the people of Abraham, as you promised our forefathers long ago.