Verse 4
Micah 7:4
World English Bible
4
The best of them is like a brier.
The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen,
even your visitation, has come;
now is the time of their confusion.
Original Language Text
hebrew
טוֹבָ֣/ם כְּ/חֵ֔דֶק יָשָׁ֖ר מִ/מְּסוּכָ֑ה י֤וֹם מְצַפֶּ֨י/ךָ֙ פְּקֻדָּתְ/ךָ֣ בָ֔אָה עַתָּ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה מְבוּכָתָֽ/ם
English Translation
Good like a straight arrow from a danger, the day of your expectation will come; now you will be confused.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Misery is mine!
Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard:
T...
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2
The godly man has perished out of the earth,
and there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in...
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3
Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently.
The ruler and judge ask for a bribe;
and...
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4
The best of them is like a brier.
The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.
The day of your watc...
5
Don’t trust in a neighbor.
Don’t put confidence in a friend.
With the woman lying in your embrace,
b...
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6
For the son dishonors the father,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law agai...
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7
But as for me, I will look to Yahweh.
I will wait for the God (Elohim) of my salvation.
My God (Eloh...
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8
Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy.
When I fall, I will arise.
When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will b...
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9
I will bear the indignation of Yahweh,
because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my case, a...
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10
Then my enemy will see it,
and shame will cover her who said to me,
where is Yahweh your God (Elohim...
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11
A day to build your walls—
In that day, he will extend your boundary.
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12
In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
and from Egypt even to the R...
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13
Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein,
for the fruit of their doings.
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14
Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock of your heritage,
who dwell by themselves in a fores...
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15
“As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt,
I will show them marvelous things.”
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16
The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might.
They will lay their hand on their mouth.
The...
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17
They will lick the dust like a serpent.
Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling...
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18
Who is a God (Elohim) like you, who pardons iniquity,
and passes over the disobedience of the remnan...
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19
He will again have compassion on us.
He will tread our iniquities under foot;
and you will cast all...
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20
You will give truth to Jacob,
and mercy to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our fathers from the days o...
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