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Micah 6:9-7:7
English Standard Version Anglicised
Micah 6:9-7:7
English Standard Version Anglicised
Destruction of the Wicked
9 The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
and it is sound wisdom to fear (A)your name:
“Hear of (B)the rod and of him who appointed it![a]
10 Can I forget any longer the treasures[b] of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit the man (C)with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 Your[c] rich men are (D)full of violence;
your inhabitants (E)speak lies,
and (F)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
(G)making you desolate because of your sins.
14 (H)You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
and there shall be hunger within you;
you shall put away, but not preserve,
and what you preserve I will give to the sword.
15 (I)You shall sow, but not reap;
you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
16 For you have kept the statutes of (J)Omri,[d]
and all the works of the house of (K)Ahab;
and you have walked in their counsels,
that I may make you (L)a desolation, and your[e] inhabitants (M)a hissing;
so you shall bear (N)the scorn of my people.”
Wait for the God of Salvation
7 Woe is me! For I have become
(O)as when the summer fruit has been gathered,
as when the grapes have been gleaned:
there is no cluster to eat,
no (P)first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
2 (Q)The godly has perished from the earth,
and (R)there is no one upright among mankind;
(S)they all lie in wait for blood,
and (T)each hunts the other with a net.
3 (U)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
(V)the prince and (W)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
4 The best of them is (X)like a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of (Y)your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
(Z)now their confusion is at hand.
5 (AA)Put no trust in a neighbour;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard (AB)the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms;[f]
6 for (AC)the son treats the father with contempt,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
(AD)a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
(AE)I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.
Footnotes
- Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Micah 6:10 Or Are there still treasures
- Micah 6:12 Hebrew whose
- Micah 6:16 Hebrew For the statutes of Omri are kept
- Micah 6:16 Hebrew its
- Micah 7:5 Hebrew bosom
Micah 6:9-7:7
New International Version
Micah 6:9-7:7
New International Version
Israel’s Guilt and Punishment
9 Listen! The Lord is calling to the city—
and to fear your name is wisdom—
“Heed the rod(A) and the One who appointed it.[a]
10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
and the short ephah,[b] which is accursed?(B)
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,(C)
with a bag of false weights?(D)
12 Your rich people are violent;(E)
your inhabitants are liars(F)
and their tongues speak deceitfully.(G)
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy(H) you,
to ruin[c] you because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied;(I)
your stomach will still be empty.[d]
You will store up but save nothing,(J)
because what you save[e] I will give to the sword.
15 You will plant but not harvest;(K)
you will press olives but not use the oil,
you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.(L)
16 You have observed the statutes of Omri(M)
and all the practices of Ahab’s(N) house;
you have followed their traditions.(O)
Therefore I will give you over to ruin(P)
and your people to derision;
you will bear the scorn(Q) of the nations.[f]”
Israel’s Misery
7 What misery is mine!
I am like one who gathers summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
none of the early figs(R) that I crave.
2 The faithful have been swept from the land;(S)
not one(T) upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait(U) to shed blood;(V)
they hunt each other(W) with nets.(X)
3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil;(Y)
the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,(Z)
the powerful dictate what they desire—
they all conspire together.
4 The best of them is like a brier,(AA)
the most upright worse than a thorn(AB) hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
Now is the time of your confusion.(AC)
5 Do not trust a neighbor;
put no confidence in a friend.(AD)
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,(AE)
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.(AF)
Footnotes
- Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
- Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure.
- Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin
- Micah 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Micah 6:14 Or You will press toward birth but not give birth, / and what you bring to birth
- Micah 6:16 Septuagint; Hebrew scorn due my people
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