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\id MIC - Berean Study Bible
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\h Micah
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\toc1 Micah
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\mt1 Micah
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\c 1
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\s1 Judgment to Come
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\r (Isaiah 7:17–25)
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\b
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\m
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\v 1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
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\b
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\q1
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\v 2 Hear, O peoples, all of you;
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\q2 listen, O earth, and everyone in it!
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\q1 May the Lord GOD bear witness against you,
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\q2 the Lord from His holy temple.
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\q1
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\v 3 For behold, the LORD comes forth
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\q2 from His dwelling place;
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\q1 He will come down and tread
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\q2 on the high places of the earth.
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\q1
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\v 4 The mountains will melt beneath Him,
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\q2 and the valleys will split apart,
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\q1 like wax before the fire,
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\q2 like water rushing down a slope.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob
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\q2 and the sins of the house of Israel.
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\q1 What is the transgression of Jacob?
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\q2 Is it not Samaria?
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\q1 And what is the high place of Judah?
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\q2 Is it not Jerusalem?
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\b
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\q1
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\v 6 Therefore I will make Samaria
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\q2 a heap of rubble in the open field,
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\q2 a planting area for a vineyard.
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\q1 I will pour her stones into the valley
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\q2 and expose her foundations.
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\q1
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\v 7 All her carved images will be smashed to pieces;
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\q2 all her wages will be burned in the fire,
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\q2 and I will destroy all her idols.
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\q1 Since she collected the wages of a prostitute,
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\q2 they will be used again on a prostitute.
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\s1 Weeping and Mourning
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\b
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\q1
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\v 8 Because of this I will lament and wail;
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\q2 I will walk barefoot and naked.
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\q1 I will howl like a jackal \f + \fr 1:8 \ft Or a serpent or a dragon\f*
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\q2 and mourn like an ostrich.\f + \fr 1:8 \ft Literally like daughters of an ostrich or like daughters of an owl\f*
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\q1
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\v 9 For her wound is incurable;
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\q2 it has reached even Judah;
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\q1 it has approached the gate of my people,
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\q2 as far as Jerusalem itself.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 10 Do not tell it in Gath;\f + \fr 1:10 \ft Gath sounds like the Hebrew for tell.\f* do not weep at all.
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\q2 Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.\f + \fr 1:10 \ft Beth-Leaphrah means house of dust.\f*
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\q1
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\v 11 Depart in shameful nakedness,
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\q2 O dwellers of Shaphir.\f + \fr 1:11 \ft Shaphir means pleasant.\f*
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\q1 The dwellers of Zaanan \f + \fr 1:11 \ft Zaanan sounds like the Hebrew for come out.\f*
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\q2 will not come out.
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\q1 Beth-ezel \f + \fr 1:11 \ft Beth-ezel means adjoining house.\f* is in mourning;
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\q2 its support is taken from you.
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\q1
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\v 12 For the dwellers of Maroth \f + \fr 1:12 \ft Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter.\f* pined for good,
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\q2 but calamity came down from the LORD,
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\q2 even to the gate of Jerusalem.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 13 Harness your chariot horses,
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\q2 O dweller of Lachish.\f + \fr 1:13 \ft Lachish sounds like the Hebrew term for team of horses.\f*
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\q1 You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion,
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\q2 for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
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\q1
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\v 14 Therefore, send farewell gifts \f + \fr 1:14 \ft Or give dowry\f* to Moresheth-gath;\f + \fr 1:14 \ft Moresheth sounds like the Hebrew for gift or dowry.\f*
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\q2 the houses of Achzib \f + \fr 1:14 \ft Achzib means deception.\f* will prove deceptive
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\q2 to the kings of Israel.
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\q1
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\v 15 I will again bring a conqueror against you,
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\q2 O dweller of Mareshah.\f + \fr 1:15 \ft Mareshah sounds like the Hebrew for conqueror.\f*
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\q2 The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
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\q1
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\v 16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair
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\q2 in mourning for your precious children;
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\q1 make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
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\q2 for they will go from you into exile.
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\c 2
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\s1 Woe to Oppressors
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\b
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\q1
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\v 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity
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\q2 and plot evil on their beds!
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\q1 At morning’s light they accomplish it
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\q2 because the power is in their hands.
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\q1
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\v 2 They covet fields and seize them;
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\q2 they take away houses.
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\q1 They deprive a man of his home,
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\q2 a fellow man of his inheritance.
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\b
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\m
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\v 3 Therefore this is what the LORD says:
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\b
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\q1 “I am planning against this nation a disaster
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\q2 from which you cannot free your necks.
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\q1 Then you will not walk so proudly,
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\q2 for it will be a time of calamity.
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\q1
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\v 4 In that day they will take up a proverb against you
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\q2 and taunt you with this bitter lamentation:
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\q1 ‘We are utterly ruined!
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\q2 He has changed the portion of my people.
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\q1 How He has removed it from me!
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\q2 He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
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\b
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\q1
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\v 5 Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD
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\q2 to divide the land by lot.
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\s1 Reproof of False Prophets
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\r (Ezekiel 13:1–16)
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\b
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\q1
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\v 6 “Do not preach,” they preach.
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\q2 “Do not preach these things;
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\q2 disgrace will not overtake us.”
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\q1
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\v 7 Should it be said, O house of Jacob,
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\q2 “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient?
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\q2 Are these the things He does?”
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\b
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\q1 Do not My words bring good
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\q2 to him who walks uprightly?
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\q1
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\v 8 But of late My people have risen up
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\q2 like an enemy:
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\q1 You strip off the splendid robe
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\q2 from unsuspecting passersby
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\q2 like men returning from battle.
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\q1
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\v 9 You drive the women of My people
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\q2 from their pleasant homes.
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\q1 You take away My blessing
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\q2 from their children forever.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 10 Arise and depart,
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\q2 for this is not your place of rest,
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\q1 because its defilement brings destruction—
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\q2 a grievous destruction!
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\q1
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\v 11 If a man of wind were to come
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\q2 and say falsely,
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\q1 “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”\f + \fr 2:11 \ft Or “I will prophesy to you for wine and strong drink”\f*
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\q2 he would be just the preacher for this people!
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\s1 The Remnant of Israel
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\r (Micah 5:7–15)
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\b
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\q1
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\v 12 I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob;
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\q2 I will collect the remnant of Israel.
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\q1 I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
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\q2 like a flock in the midst of its pasture—
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\q2 a noisy throng.
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\q1
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\v 13 One who breaks open the way
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\q2 will go up before them;
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\q1 they will break through the gate,
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\q2 and go out by it.
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\q1 Their King will pass through before them,
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\q2 the LORD as their leader.
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\c 3
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\s1 Rulers and Prophets Condemned
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\b
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\m
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\v 1 Then I said:
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\b
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\q1 “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob,
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\q2 you rulers of the house of Israel.
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\q2 Should you not know justice?
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\q1
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\v 2 You hate good and love evil.
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\q2 You tear the skin from my people
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\q2 and strip the flesh from their bones.
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\q1
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\v 3 You eat the flesh of my people
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\q2 after stripping off their skin
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\q2 and breaking their bones.
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\q1 You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot,
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\q2 like meat in a cauldron.”
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\b
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\q1
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\v 4 Then they will cry out to the LORD,
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\q2 but He will not answer them.
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\q1 At that time He will hide His face from them
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\q2 because of the evil they have done.
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\b
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\m
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\v 5 This is what the LORD says:
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\b
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\q1 “As for the prophets
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\q2 who lead My people astray,
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\q1 who proclaim peace
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\q2 while they chew with their teeth,
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\q1 but declare war against one
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\q2 who puts nothing in their mouths:
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\q1
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\v 6 Therefore night will come over you without visions,
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\q2 and darkness without divination.
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\q1 The sun will set on these prophets,
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\q2 and the daylight will turn black over them.
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\q1
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\v 7 Then the seers will be ashamed
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\q2 and the diviners will be disgraced.
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\q1 They will all cover their mouths
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\q2 because there is no answer from God.”
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\b
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\q1
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\v 8 As for me, however, I am filled with power
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\q2 by the Spirit of the LORD,
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\q1 with justice and courage,
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\q2 to declare to Jacob his transgression
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\q2 and to Israel his sin.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 9 Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob
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\q2 and rulers of the house of Israel,
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\q1 who despise justice
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\q2 and pervert all that is right,
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\q1
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\v 10 who build Zion with bloodshed
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\q2 and Jerusalem with iniquity.
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\q1
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\v 11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,
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\q2 her priests teach for a price,
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\q2 and her prophets practice divination for money.
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\q1 Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying,
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\q2 “Is not the LORD among us?
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\q2 No disaster can come upon us.”
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\q1
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\v 12 Therefore, because of you,
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\q2 Zion will be plowed like a field,
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\q1 Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,
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\q2 and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
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\c 4
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\s1 The Mountain of the House of the LORD
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\r (Isaiah 2:1–4)
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\b
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\q1
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\v 1 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD
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\q2 will be established as the chief of the mountains;
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\q1 it will be raised above the hills,
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\q2 and the peoples will stream to it.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 2 And many nations will come and say:
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\b
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\q1 “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
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\q2 to the house of the God of Jacob.
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\q1 He will teach us His ways,
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\q2 so that we may walk in His paths.”
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\b
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\q1 For the law will go forth from Zion
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\q2 and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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\q1
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\v 3 Then He will judge between many peoples
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\q2 and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide.
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\q1 Then they will beat their swords into plowshares
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\q2 and their spears into pruning hooks.
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\q1 Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation,
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\q2 nor will they train anymore for war.
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\q1
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\v 4 And each man will sit under his own vine
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\q2 and under his own fig tree,
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\q1 with no one to frighten him.
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\q2 For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
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\q1
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\v 5 Though each of the peoples
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\q2 may walk in the name of his god,
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\q1 yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God
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\q2 forever and ever.
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\s1 The Restoration of Zion
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\r (Zechariah 8:1–23)
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\b
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\q1
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\v 6 “On that day,” declares the LORD,
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\q2 “I will gather the lame;
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\q1 I will assemble the outcast,
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\q2 even those whom I have afflicted.
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\q1
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\v 7 And I will make the lame into a remnant,
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\q2 and the outcast into a strong nation.
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\q1 Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion
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\q2 from that day and forever.
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\q1
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\v 8 And you, O watchtower of the flock,
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\q2 O stronghold \f + \fr 4:8 \ft Or hill; Hebrew And you, Migdal-eder, the Ophel\f* of the Daughter of Zion—
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\q1 the former dominion will be restored to you;
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\q2 sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”
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\b
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\q1
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\v 9 Why do you now cry aloud?
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\q2 Is there no king among you?
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\q1 Has your counselor perished
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\q2 so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
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\q1
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\v 10 Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion,
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\q2 like a woman in labor.
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\q1 For now you will leave the city
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\q2 and camp in the open fields.
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\q1 You will go to Babylon;
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\q2 there you will be rescued;
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\q1 there the LORD will redeem you
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\q2 from the hand of your enemies!
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\b
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\q1
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\v 11 But now many nations
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\q2 have assembled against you,
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\q1 saying, “Let her be defiled,
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\q2 and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
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\q1
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\v 12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD
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\q2 or understand His plan,
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\q1 for He has gathered them
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\q2 like sheaves to the threshing floor.
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\q1
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\v 13 Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion,
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\q2 for I will give you horns of iron
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\q1 and hooves of bronze
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\q2 to break to pieces many peoples.
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\q1 Then you will devote \f + \fr 4:13 \ft Or devote to destruction\f* their gain to the LORD,
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\q2 their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
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\c 5
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\s1 A Ruler from Bethlehem
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\r (Matthew 2:1–12)
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\b
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\q1
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\v 1 Now, O daughter of troops,
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\q2 mobilize your troops;
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\q2 for a siege is laid against us!
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\q1 With a rod they will strike the cheek
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\q2 of the judge of Israel.
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\q1
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\v 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
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\q2 who are small among the clans \f + \fr 5:2 \ft Or thousands\f* of Judah,
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\q1 out of you will come forth for Me
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\q2 One to be ruler over Israel \f + \fr 5:2 \ft Cited in Matthew 2:6\f*—
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\q1 One whose origins are of old,
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\q2 from the days of eternity.
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\q1
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\v 3 Therefore Israel will be abandoned
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\q2 until she who is in labor has given birth;
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\q1 then the rest of His brothers will return
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\q2 to the children of Israel.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 4 He will stand and shepherd His flock
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\q2 in the strength of the LORD,
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\q2 in the majestic name of the LORD His God.
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\q1 And they will dwell securely,
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\q2 for then His greatness will extend
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\q2 to the ends of the earth.
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\q1
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\v 5 And He will be our peace \f + \fr 5:5 \ft Or their peace\f*
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\q2 when Assyria invades our land
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\q2 and tramples our citadels.
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\q1 We will raise against it seven shepherds,
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\q2 even eight leaders of men.
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\q1
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\v 6 And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword,
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\q2 and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn.
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\q1 So He will deliver us
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\q2 when Assyria invades our land
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\q2 and marches into our borders.
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\s1 The Remnant of Jacob
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\r (Micah 2:12–13)
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\b
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\q1
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\v 7 Then the remnant of Jacob will be
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\q2 in the midst of many peoples
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\q1 like dew from the LORD,
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\q2 like showers on the grass,
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\q1 which do not wait for man
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\q2 or linger for mankind.
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\q1
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\v 8 Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,
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\q2 in the midst of many peoples,
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\q1 like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
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\q2 like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
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\q1 which tramples and tears as it passes through,
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\q2 with no one to rescue them.
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\q1
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\v 9 Your hand will be lifted over your foes,
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\q2 and all your enemies will be cut off.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 10 “In that day,”
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\q2 declares the LORD,
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\q1 “I will remove your horses from among you
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\q2 and wreck your chariots.
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\q1
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\v 11 I will remove the cities of your land
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\q2 and tear down all your strongholds.
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\q1
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\v 12 I will cut the sorceries from your hand,
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\q2 and you will have no fortune-tellers.
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\q1
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\v 13 I will also cut off the carved images
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\q2 and sacred pillars from among you,
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\q1 so that you will no longer bow down
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\q2 to the work of your own hands.
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\q1
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\v 14 I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst
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\q2 and demolish your cities.
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\q1
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\v 15 I will take vengeance in anger and wrath
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\q2 upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”
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\c 6
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\s1 The Case against Israel
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\b
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\m
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\v 1 Hear now what the LORD says:
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\b
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\q1 “Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
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\q2 and let the hills hear your voice.
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\q1
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\v 2 Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment,
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\q2 you enduring foundations of the earth.
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\q1 For the LORD has a case against His people,
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\q2 and He will argue it against Israel:
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\b
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\q1
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\v 3 ‘My people, what have I done to you?
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\q2 Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
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\q1
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\v 4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt
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\q2 and redeemed you from the house of slavery.
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\q1 I sent Moses before you,
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\q2 as well as Aaron and Miriam.
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\q1
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\v 5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled
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\q2 and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
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\q1 Remember your journey from Shittim \f + \fr 6:5 \ft Or Acacia Grove\f* to Gilgal,
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\q2 so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
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\b
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\q1
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\v 6 With what shall I come before the LORD
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\q2 when I bow before the God on high?
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\q1 Should I come to Him with burnt offerings,
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\q2 with year-old calves?
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\q1
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\v 7 Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
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\q2 with ten thousand rivers of oil?
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\q1 Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression,
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\q2 the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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\b
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\q1
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\v 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good.
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\q2 And what does the LORD require of you
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\q1 but to act justly, to love mercy,
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\q2 and to walk humbly with your God?
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\s1 The Punishment of Israel
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\b
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\q1
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\v 9 The voice of the LORD calls out to the city
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\q2 (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name):
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\q1 “Heed the rod
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\q2 and the One who ordained it.
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\q1
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\v 10 Can I forget any longer,
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\q2 O house of the wicked,
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\q1 the treasures of wickedness
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\q2 and the short ephah, which is accursed?
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\q1
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\v 11 Can I excuse dishonest scales
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\q2 or bags of false weights?
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\q1
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\v 12 For the wealthy of the city
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\q2 are full of violence,
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\q1 and its residents speak lies;
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\q2 their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 13 Therefore I am striking you severely,
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\q2 to ruin you because of your sins.
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\q1
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\v 14 You will eat but not be satisfied,
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\q2 and your hunger will remain with you.
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\q1 What you acquire, you will not preserve;
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\q2 and what you save, I will give to the sword.
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\q1
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\v 15 You will sow but not reap;
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\q2 you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil;
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\q2 you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
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\q1
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\v 16 You have kept the statutes of Omri
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\q2 and all the practices of Ahab’s house;
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||
\q2 you have followed their counsel.
|
||
\q1 Therefore I will make you a desolation,
|
||
\q2 and your inhabitants an object of contempt;
|
||
\q2 you will bear the scorn of the nations.\f + \fr 6:16 \ft LXX; Hebrew scorn of My people\f*”
|
||
\c 7
|
||
\s1 Israel’s Great Misery
|
||
\r (Matthew 10:34–39; Luke 12:49–53)
|
||
\b
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 1 Woe is me!
|
||
\b
|
||
\q1 For I am like one gathering summer fruit
|
||
\q2 at the gleaning of the vineyard;
|
||
\q1 there is no cluster to eat,
|
||
\q2 no early fig that I crave.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 2 The godly man has perished from the earth;
|
||
\q2 there is no one upright among men.
|
||
\q1 They all lie in wait for blood;
|
||
\q2 they hunt one another with a net.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 3 Both hands are skilled at evil;
|
||
\q2 the prince and the judge demand a bribe.
|
||
\q1 When the powerful utters his evil desire,
|
||
\q2 they all conspire together.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 4 The best of them is like a brier;
|
||
\q2 the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns.
|
||
\q1 The day for your watchmen has come,
|
||
\q2 the day of your visitation.\f + \fr 7:4 \ft Or your punishment\f*
|
||
\q2 Now is the time of their confusion.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 5 Do not rely on a friend;
|
||
\q2 do not trust in a companion.
|
||
\q1 Seal the doors of your mouth
|
||
\q2 from her who lies in your arms.\f + \fr 7:5 \ft Hebrew in your bosom\f*
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 6 For a son dishonors his father,
|
||
\q2 a daughter rises against her mother,
|
||
\q2 and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
|
||
\q1 A man’s enemies are the members
|
||
\q2 of his own household.\f + \fr 7:6 \ft Cited in Matthew 10:35–36; see also Luke 12:53.\f*
|
||
\s1 Israel’s Confession and Comfort
|
||
\b
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD;
|
||
\q2 I will wait for the God of my salvation.
|
||
\q2 My God will hear me.
|
||
\b
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
|
||
\q2 Though I have fallen, I will arise;
|
||
\q1 though I sit in darkness,
|
||
\q2 the LORD will be my light.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 9 Because I have sinned against Him,
|
||
\q2 I must endure the rage of the LORD,
|
||
\q1 until He argues my case
|
||
\q2 and executes justice for me.
|
||
\q1 He will bring me into the light;
|
||
\q2 I will see His righteousness.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 10 Then my enemy will see
|
||
\q2 and will be covered with shame—
|
||
\q1 she who said to me,
|
||
\q2 “Where is the LORD your God?”
|
||
\q1 My eyes will see her;
|
||
\q2 at that time she will be trampled
|
||
\q2 like mud in the streets.
|
||
\b
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 11 The day for rebuilding your walls will come—
|
||
\q2 the day for extending your boundary.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 12 On that day they will come to you
|
||
\q2 from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
|
||
\q1 even from Egypt to the Euphrates,\f + \fr 7:12 \ft Hebrew the River\f*
|
||
\q2 from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 13 Then the earth will become desolate
|
||
\q2 because of its inhabitants,
|
||
\q2 as the fruit of their deeds.
|
||
\s1 God’s Compassion on Israel
|
||
\b
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 14 Shepherd with Your staff Your people,
|
||
\q2 the flock of Your inheritance.
|
||
\q1 They live alone in a woodland,
|
||
\q2 surrounded by pastures.\f + \fr 7:14 \ft Or in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel\f*
|
||
\q1 Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead,
|
||
\q2 as in the days of old.
|
||
\b
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 15 As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
|
||
\q2 I will show My wonders.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 16 Nations will see and be ashamed,
|
||
\q2 deprived of all their might.
|
||
\q1 They will put their hands over their mouths,
|
||
\q2 and their ears will become deaf.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 17 They will lick the dust like a snake,
|
||
\q2 like reptiles slithering on the ground.
|
||
\q1 They will crawl from their holes
|
||
\q2 in the presence of the LORD our God;
|
||
\q2 they will tremble in fear of You.
|
||
\b
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 18 Who is a God like You,
|
||
\q2 who pardons iniquity
|
||
\q1 and passes over the transgression
|
||
\q2 of the remnant of His inheritance—
|
||
\q1 who does not retain His anger forever,
|
||
\q2 because He delights in loving devotion?\f + \fr 7:18 \ft Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.\f*
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 19 He will again have compassion on us;
|
||
\q2 He will vanquish our iniquities.
|
||
\q1 You will cast out all our sins
|
||
\q2 into the depths of the sea.
|
||
\q1
|
||
\v 20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob
|
||
\q2 and loving devotion to Abraham,
|
||
\q1 as You swore to our fathers
|
||
\q2 from the days of old.
|