(KJV) Micah 71

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⥃Israel’s Great Misery [ Matthew 10:34–39 † Luke 12:49–53 ]

[1] Woe2 is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits3, as4 the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat: my soul desired5 the firstripe fruit. [2] The good6 [man] is perished7 out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all8 lie in wait for blood; they hunt9 every man his brother with a net.

[3] [¶]That they may do10 evil with both hands earnestly, the prince11 asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great12 [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire13: so they wrap14 it up. [4] The best of them [is] as a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a thorn hedge: the day15 of thy16 watchmen [and] thy visitation cometh; now17 shall be their perplexity.18

[5] [¶]Trust ye not in19 a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep20 the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. [6] For the son21 dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s22 enemies [are] the men of his own house.

⥃Israel’s Confession and Comfort

[7] Therefore I will look23 unto the Lord; I will wait24 for the God of my salvation: my God25 will hear me.

[8] [¶]Rejoice26 not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall27, I shall arise; when I sit28 in darkness, the Lord29 [shall be] a light unto me. [9] I will bear30 the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until31 he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will32 bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness. [10] Then33 [she that34 is] mine enemy shall see [it], and shame35 shall cover her which said unto me, Where36 is the Lord thy God? mine37 eyes shall behold her: now38 shall she be trodden down39 as the mire of the streets. [11] [In] the day40 that thy walls are to be built, [in] that day shall41 the decree be far removed. [12] [In] that day [also42] he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and [from43] the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain. [13] Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for44 the fruit of their doings.45

⥃God’s Compassion on Israel

[14] Feed46 thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which47 dwell solitarily [in] the wood, in the midst48 of Carmel: let them feed [in] Bas49han and Gilead, as in the days of old. [15] According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous [things].50

[16] [¶]The nations51 shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay52 [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf. [17] They shall lick53 the dust like a serpent, they shall move54 out of their holes like worms55 of the earth: they shall be56 afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee. [18] Who [is] a God57 like unto thee, that58 pardoneth iniquity, and passeth59 by the transgression of the remnant60 of his heritage? he retaineth61 not his anger for ever, because he delighteth62 [in] mercy. [19] He will turn63 again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue64 our iniquities; and thou wilt cast65 all their sins into the depths of the sea. [20] Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

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  1. Mic 7:1, The church, complaining of her small number, Mic 7:3, and the general corruption, Mic 7:5, puts her confidence not in man, but in God; Mic 7:8, She triumphs over her enemies; Mic 7:14, She prays to God; Mic 7:15, God comforts her by promises of confusion to her enemies; Mic 7:18, and by his mercies. ↩

  2. Ps 120:5; Isa 6:5, Isa 24:16; Jer 4:31, Jer 15:10, Jer 45:3 ↩

  3. Heb. the gatherings of summer ↩

  4. Isa 17:6, Isa 24:13 ↩

  5. Isa 28:4; Hos 9:10 ↩

  6. or, godly, or, merciful ↩

  7. Ps 12:1, Ps 14:1-3; Isa 57:1; Rom 3:10-18 ↩

  8. Prov 1:11, Prov 12:6; Isa 59:7; Jer 5:16 ↩

  9. 1Sam 24:11, 1Sam 26:20; Ps 57:6; Jer 5:26, Jer 16:16; Lam 4:18; Hab 1:15-17 ↩

  10. Prov 4:16-17; Jer 3:5; Ezek 22:6 ↩

  11. Mic 3:11; Isa 1:23; Jer 8:10; Ezek 22:27; Hos 4:18; Amos 5:12; Matt 26:15 ↩

  12. 1Kgs 21:9-14 ↩

  13. Heb. the mischief of his soul ↩

  14. Isa 26:21; Luke 12:1-2; 1Cor 4:5 ↩

  15. Ezek 12:23-24; Hos 9:7-8; Amos 8:2 ↩

  16. Isa 10:3; Jer 8:12, Jer 10:15 ↩

  17. Isa 22:5; Luke 21:25 ↩

  18. is a, 2Sam 23:6-7; Isa 55:13; Ezek 2:6; Heb 6:8 ↩

  19. Job 6:14-15; Ps 118:8-9; Jer 9:4; Matt 10:16 ↩

  20. Judg 16:5-20 ↩

  21. Gen 9:22-24, Gen 49:4; 2Sam 15:10-12, 2Sam 16:11, 2Sam 16:21-23; Prov 30:11, Prov 30:17; Ezek 22:7; Matt 10:21, Matt 10:35-36; Luke 12:53, Luke 21:16; 2Tim 3:2-3 ↩

  22. Ps 41:9, Ps 55:12-14; Jer 12:6, Jer 20:10; Obad 1:7; Matt 26:23, Matt 26:49-50; John 13:18 ↩

  23. Ps 34:5-6, Ps 55:16-17, Ps 109:4, Ps 142:4-5; Isa 8:17, Isa 45:22; Hab 3:17-19; Luke 6:11-12 ↩

  24. Gen 49:18; Ps 25:5, Ps 27:12-14, Ps 37:7, Ps 40:1-3, Ps 62:1-8; Isa 12:2, Isa 25:9; Lam 3:25-26; Luke 2:25-32 ↩

  25. Ps 4:2-3, Ps 38:15, Ps 50:15, Ps 65:2; 1John 5:14-15 ↩

  26. Job 31:29; Ps 13:4-6, Ps 35:15-16, Ps 35:19, Ps 35:24-26, Ps 38:16; Prov 24:17-18; Jer 50:11; Lam 4:21-22; Ezek 25:6, Ezek 35:15; Obad 1:12; John 16:20; Rev 11:10-12 ↩

  27. Ps 37:21, Ps 41:10-12; Prov 24:16 ↩

  28. Ps 107:10-15, Ps 112:4; Isa 9:2, Isa 49:9, Isa 50:10; Matt 4:16; Luke 1:78-79 ↩

  29. Ps 27:1, Ps 84:11, Ps 97:11, Ps 112:4; Isa 2:5, Isa 60:1-3, Isa 60:19-20; Mal 4:2; John 8:12; Acts 26:18; 2Cor 4:6; Rev 21:23, Rev 22:5 ↩

  30. Lev 26:41; 1Sam 3:18; 2Sam 16:11-12, 2Sam 24:17; Job 34:31-32; Lam 1:18; Lam 3:39-42; Luke 15:18-19; Heb 12:6-7 ↩

  31. 1Sam 24:15, 1Sam 25:39, 1Sam 26:10; Ps 7:6, Ps 43:1; Jer 50:17-20, Jer 50:33-34, Jer 51:35-36; Rev 6:10-11, Rev 18:20 ↩

  32. Job 23:10; Ps 37:6; Mal 3:18; 1Cor 4:5; 2Thess 1:5-10; 2Tim 4:8 ↩

  33. etc. or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame ↩

  34. Ps 137:8-9; Isa 47:5-9; Jer 50:33-34, Jer 51:8-10, Jer 51:24; Nahum 2:1-3:19; Rev 17:1-7 ↩

  35. Ps 35:26, Ps 109:29; Jer 51:51; Ezek 7:18; Obad 1:10 ↩

  36. Ps 42:3, Ps 42:10, Ps 79:10, Ps 115:2; Isa 37:10-11; Dan 3:15; Joel 2:17; Matt 27:43 ↩

  37. Mic 4:11; Ps 58:10; Mal 1:5; Rev 18:20 ↩

  38. 2Sam 22:43; 2Kgs 9:33-37; Ps 18:42; Isa 25:10-12, Isa 26:5-6, Isa 41:15-16; Isa 51:22-23, Isa 63:2-3; Zech 10:5; Mal 4:3 ↩

  39. Heb. for a treading down ↩

  40. Neh 2:17, Neh 3:1-16, Neh 4:3, Neh 4:6; Dan 9:25; Amos 9:11-15 ↩

  41. Ezra 4:12-24; Neh 2:8 ↩

  42. Isa 11:16, Isa 19:23-25, Isa 27:12-13, Isa 43:6, Isa 49:12, Isa 60:4-9, Isa 66:19-20; Jer 3:18, Jer 23:3, Jer 31:8; Ezek 37:21, Ezek 29:21; Hos 11:11 ↩

  43. or, even to, This verse may be rendered, "In that day they (people) shall come to thee from Assyria and the fenced cities; and from the fortress (probably Pelusium at the entrance of Egypt), even to the river (Euphrates)," etc. The expressions employed in this prophecy appear to be too strong for the events which transpired after the Babylonian captivity; and seem to refer to the future restoration of Israel, after their land has lain desolate for ages. ↩

  44. Mic 3:12; Job 4:8; Prov 1:31, Prov 5:22, Prov 31:31; Isa 3:10-11; Jer 17:10, Jer 21:14; Jer 32:19; Gal 6:7-8 ↩

  45. Not withstanding the land shall be, or, After that the land hath been, Lev 26:33-39; Isa 6:11-13, Isa 24:3-8; Jer 25:11; Dan 4:26-27; Luke 21:20-24 ↩

  46. or, Rule, Mic 5:4 marg. Ps 23:1-4, Ps 28:9, Ps 95:7, Ps 100:3; Isa 40:11, Isa 49:10; Matt 2:6 marg. John 10:27-30 ↩

  47. Exod 33:16; Num 23:9; Deut 33:28; John 17:16 ↩

  48. Isa 35:2, Isa 37:24, Isa 65:10; Jer 50:19-20; Ezek 34:13-14; Zeph 3:13 ↩

  49. Ps 77:5-11, Ps 143:5; Lam 1:7, Lam 5:21; Amos 9:11; Mal 3:4 ↩

  50. Ps 68:22, Ps 78:12-72; Isa 11:16, Isa 51:9, Isa 63:11-15; Jer 23:7-8 ↩

  51. Mic 5:8; Ps 126:2; Isa 26:11, Isa 66:18; Ezek 38:23, Ezek 39:17-21; Zech 8:20-23; Zech 12:9; Rev 11:18 ↩

  52. Job 21:5, Job 29:9-10, Job 40:4; Isa 52:15; Rom 3:19 ↩

  53. Gen 3:14-15; Ps 72:9; Isa 49:23, Isa 60:14, Isa 65:25; Lam 3:29; Rev 3:9 ↩

  54. 1Sam 14:11; Ps 18:45; Jer 16:16 ↩

  55. or, creeping things ↩

  56. Exod 15:14-16; Josh 2:9-11, Josh 9:24; Ps 9:20; Isa 2:19-21, Isa 64:2; Jer 33:9; Zech 14:5; Rev 6:15-17, Rev 18:9-10 ↩

  57. Exod 15:11; Deut 33:26; 1Kgs 8:23; Ps 35:10, Ps 71:19, Ps 89:6, Ps 89:8, Ps 113:5-6; Isa 40:18, Isa 40:25, Isa 46:8-9 ↩

  58. Exod 33:18-19, Exod 34:6-7; Num 14:18-19; Neh 9:17; Ps 65:3, Ps 86:5, Ps 86:15; Ps 103:2-3, Ps 130:4, Ps 130:7-8; Isa 1:18, Isa 43:25, Isa 44:22, Isa 55:7; Jer 31:34, Jer 38:8, Jer 50:20; Dan 9:9; Jonah 4:2; Luke 24:47; Acts 13:38-39 ↩

  59. Num 23:21; Amos 7:8, Amos 8:2 ↩

  60. Mic 7:14, Mic 2:12, Mic 4:7, Mic 5:3, Mic 5:7-8; Joel 2:32; Rom 11:4; Heb 8:9-12 ↩

  61. Ps 77:6-10, Ps 85:4-5, Ps 103:9; Isa 57:10, Isa 57:16; Jer 3:5, Jer 3:12; Lam 3:31-32 ↩

  62. Isa 62:5, Isa 65:19; Jer 32:41; Ezek 33:11; Zeph 3:17; Luke 15:5-7, Luke 15:9-10, Luke 15:23-24, Luke 15:32; Eph 2:4-5; Jas 2:13 ↩

  63. Deut 30:3, Deut 32:36; Ezra 9:8-9; Ps 90:13-14; Isa 63:15-17; Jer 31:20; Lam 3:32; Hos 14:4 ↩

  64. Deut 30:6; Ps 130:8; Ezek 11:19-20, Ezek 36:25-27; Rom 6:14, Rom 6:17-22, Rom 7:23-25; Rom 8:2-3, Rom 8:13; Titus 2:14; Jas 4:5-6; 1John 3:8 ↩

  65. Ps 103:12; Isa 38:17; Jer 50:20; Dan 9:24 ↩

  66. Gen 12:2-3, Gen 17:7-8, Gen 22:16-18, Gen 26:3-4, Gen 28:13-14; Ps 105:8-10; Jer 33:25-26; Luke 1:54-55, Luke 1:72-74; Acts 3:25-26; Rom 11:26-31; Heb 6:13-18 ↩