V.
The prophet's observation and expectation
7:1-20
A.
His observation of discouragement
vv. 1-6
Micah 7
:1
7:1
Woe is me! For I am like a gathering of summer fruit
And like a
agleaning of the vintage;
There is no cluster to eat,
Nor first-ripe fig, which my soul desires.
Micah 7
:2
7:2
The godly man has perished from the land,
And there is none upright among men;
They all lie in wait for bloodshed;
They each hunt their brother with a net.
Micah 7
:3
7:3
Both hands are
set upon evil, to do
it well:
The prince asks
for it,
And the judge
agrees, for a reward,
And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul,
And they weave it together.
Micah 7
:4
7:4
The best one among them is like a
abriar;
The most upright is
worse than a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen, your visitation, has come;
Now will be their confounding.
Micah 7
:5
7:5
Do not trust in a neighbor;
Do not put your confidence in a friend;
Keep the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your bosom.
Micah 7
:6
7:6
For the son treats the
afather like a fool;
The daughter rises up against her mother,
The daughter-in-law, against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
B.
His expectation of encouragement
vv. 7-20
Micah 7
:7
7:7
But as for me, I will
alook for Jehovah;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.
Micah 7
:8
7:8
Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy;
When I
afall, I will rise up;
When I sit in the darkness,
Jehovah will be a light to me.
Micah 7
:9
7:9
I will bear the indignation of Jehovah —
For I have sinned against Him —
Until He plead my cause
And execute justice for me;
He will bring me forth into the light;
I will see His righteousness.
Micah 7
:10
7:10
Then my enemy will see
And shame will cover
Her who said to me,
Where is Jehovah your God?
My eyes will see her:
At that time she will become trampled
Like mud in the streets.
Micah 7
:11
7:11
A day for building your walls!
In that day the decree will be far away;
Micah 7
:12
7:12
In that day they will come even unto you
From
aAssyria and from the cities of Egypt,
And from Egypt even to the
1River,
And from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
Micah 7
:13
7:13
But the land will become desolate
Because of the inhabitants in it, due to the fruit of their doings.
Micah 7
:14
7:14
aShepherd Your people with Your rod,
The flock of Your inheritance,
Who dwell alone in the forest
In the midst of Carmel;
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
As in the days of old.
Micah 7
:15
7:15
As in the days of your
agoing forth out from the land of Egypt,
I will show
1you wonders.
Micah 7
:16
7:16
The nations will see and be ashamed
Of all their might;
They will put the hand over the mouth;
Their ears will be deaf.
Micah 7
:17
7:17
They will
alick the dust like a serpent;
Like crawling things of the earth,
They will come quivering from their enclosed places;
To Jehovah our God
They will turn in fear and be afraid because of You.
Micah 7
:18
7:18
aWho is a God like You,
1bPardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression
Of the
cremnant of His inheritance?
He does not retain His anger forever,
For He delights in lovingkindness.
Micah 7
:19
7:19
He will again have compassion on us;
He will tread our iniquities underfoot.
And You will
acast into the depths of the sea
All their sins.
Micah 7
:20
7:20
You will perform truth to Jacob,
And lovingkindness to Abraham,
Which You have sworn to our fathers
From the days of old.
