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
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