The Prophet Acknowledges Injustice
Woe to me! For I amLike harvests of summer fruit, like gleanings of agrapes.There is not a cluster of grapes left to eat,Nor an bearly fig, which 1I crave.Lit my soul desiresIs 24:13Is 28:4; Hos 9:102 The 1godly person has aperished from the land,And there is no upright person among mankind.All of them lie in wait for bbloodshed;Each of them hunts the other with a cnet.Or faithfulIs 57:1Is 59:7; Mic 3:10Jer 5:26; Hos 5:13 As for evil, both hands do it awell.The leader asks for a bbribe, also the judge,And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul;So they plot it together.Prov 4:16, 17Amos 5:12; Mic 3:114 The best of them is like a athorn bush,The most upright like a bthorn hedge.The day 1when you post your watchmen,Your cpunishment is coming.Then their dconfusion will occur.Lit of yourEzek 2:6; 28:24Nah 1:10Is 10:3; Hos 9:7Is 22:55 Do not atrust in a neighbor;Do not have confidence in a close friend.Guard 1your lipsFrom her who lies 2in your arms.Lit the openings of your mouthLit on your chestJer 9:46 For ason disavows father,Daughter rises up against her mother,Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;bA person’s enemies are the people of his own household.Matt 10:21, 35; Luke 12:53Matt 10:36
God Is the Source of Salvation and Light
7 But as for me, I will abe on the watch for the LORD;I will bwait for the God of my salvation.My cGod will hear me.Hab 2:1Ps 130:5; Is 25:9Ps 4:38 aDo not rejoice over me, benemy of mine.Though I fall I will crise;Though I live in darkness, the LORD is a dlight for me.Prov 24:17; Obad 12Mic 7:10Amos 9:11Is 9:2
9 I will endure the rage of the LORDBecause I have sinned against Him,Until He apleads my case and executes justice for me.He will bring me out to the blight,And I will look at His 1crighteousness.I.e., right dealingJer 50:34Ps 37:6; Is 42:7, 16Is 46:13; 56:110 Then my enemy will see,And shame will cover her who asaid to me,“Where is the LORD your God?”My eyes will look at her;1At that time she will 2be btrampled downLike mud of the streets.Lit NowLit become a trampled placeJoel 2:17Is 51:23; Zech 10:511 It will be a day for abuilding your walls.On that day your boundary will be extended.Is 54:11; Amos 9:1112 It will be a day when 1they will acome to youFrom Assyria and the cities of Egypt,From Egypt even to the Euphrates River,Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.Lit heIs 19:23-25; 60:4, 913 And the earth will become a awasteland because of her inhabitants,On account of the bfruit of their deeds.Jer 25:11; Mic 6:13Is 3:10, 11; Mic 3:4
14 aShepherd Your people with Your bscepter,The flock of Your 1possessionWhich lives by itself in the woodland,In the midst of 2a fruitful field.Let them feed in cBashan and GileaddAs in the days of old.Or inheritanceOr CarmelPs 95:7; Is 40:11; 49:10; Mic 5:4Lev 27:32; Ps 23:4Jer 50:19Amos 9:1115 “As in the days when you went out from the land of Egypt,I will show 1ayou miracles.”Lit himEx 3:20; 34:10; Ps 78:1216 Nations awill see and be ashamedOf all their might.They will bput their hand on their mouth,Their ears will be deaf.Is 26:11Mic 3:717 They will alick up dust like a snake,Like 1breptiles of the earth.They will come ctrembling out of their 2fortresses;To the LORD our God they will come in dtrepidation,And they will be afraid of You.Lit crawling thingsOr prisonsPs 72:9; Is 49:23Deut 32:24Ps 18:45Is 25:3; 59:1918 Who is a God like You, who apardons wrongdoingAnd passes over a rebellious act of the bremnant of His 1possession?He does not cretain His anger forever,Because He ddelights in mercy.Or inheritanceEx 34:7, 9; Is 43:25Mic 2:12; 4:7; 5:7, 8Ps 103:8, 9, 13Jer 32:4119 He will again take pity on us;aHe will trample on our wrongdoings.Yes, You will bcast all 1their sinsInto the depths of the sea.Several ancient versions ourJer 50:20Is 38:17; 43:25; Jer 31:3420 You will give 1atruth to JacobAnd favor to Abraham,Which You bswore to our forefathersFrom the days of old.Or faithfulnessGen 24:27; 32:10Deut 7:8, 12