7:1 Alas for me! for I am become as one
gathering straw in harvest, and as [one gathering] grape-gleanings in the
vintage, when there is no cluster for me to eat the first-ripe fruit: alas
my soul!
7:2 For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men
that orders [his way] aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they
grievously afflict every one his neighbour:
7:3 they prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks [a reward], and
the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul:
7:4 therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one
who acts by a [rigid] rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, thy times of
vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.
7:5 Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of thy wife, so
as not to commit anything to her.
7:6 For the son dishonours his father, the daughter will rise up against her
mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house
[shall be] all a man's enemies.
7:7 But I will look to the Lord; I will wait upon God my Saviour: my God
will hearken to me.
7:8 Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen [yet] shall arise;
for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
7:9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against
him, until he make good my cause: he also shall maintain my right, and shall
bring me out to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
7:10 And she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shall clothe herself with
shame, who says, Where [is] the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall look upon her:
now shall she be for trampling as mire in the ways.
7:11 [It is] the day of making of brick; that day shall be thine utter
destruction, and that day shall utterly abolish thine ordinances.
7:12 And thy cities shall be levelled, and parted among the Assyrians; and
thy strong cities shall be parted from Tyre to the river, and from sea to
sea, and from mountain to mountain.
7:13 And the land shall be utterly desolate together with them that inhabit
it, because of the fruit of their doings.
7:14 Tend thy people with thy rod, the sheep of thine inheritance, those
that inhabit by themselves the thicket in the midst of Carmel: they shall
feed in the land of Basan, and in the land of Galaad, as in the days of old.
7:15 And according to the days of thy departure out of Egypt shall ye see
marvelous [things].
7:16 The nations shall see and be ashamed; and at all their might they shall
lay their hands upon their mouth, their ears shall be deafened.
7:17 They shall lick the dust as serpents crawling on the earth, they shall
be confounded in their holes; they shall be amazed at the Lord our God, and
will be afraid of thee.
7:18 Who is a God like thee, cancelling iniquities, and passing over the
sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a
testimony, for he delights in mercy.
7:19 He will return and have mercy upon us; he will sink our iniquities, and
they shall be cast into the depth of the sea, [even] all our sins.
7:20 He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraam, as thou
swarest to our fathers, according to the former days. |
7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have
gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is
no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright
among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother
with a net.
7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and
the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his
mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn
hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their
perplexity.
7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the
doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
7:6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her
mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are
the men of his own house.
7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my
salvation: my God will hear me.
7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I
sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against
him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me
forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
7:10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her
which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her:
now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
7:11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree
be far removed.
7:12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the
fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to
sea, and from mountain to mountain.
7:13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell
therein, for the fruit of their doings.
7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell
solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and
Gilead, as in the days of old.
7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I
shew unto him marvellous things.
7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall
lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their
holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and
shall fear because of thee.
7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by
the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger
for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our
iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which
thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. |