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Chapter 7
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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. |
2
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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. |
3
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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. |
4
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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. |
5
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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. |
6
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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
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Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for
the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. |
8
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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. |
9
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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. |
10
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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. |
11
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In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that
day shall the decree be far removed. |
12
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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. |
13
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Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because
of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. |
14
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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. |
15
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According to the days of thy coming out of the land
of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. |
16
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The nations shall see and be confounded at all their
might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their
ears shall be deaf. |
17
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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. |
18
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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. |
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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. |
20
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Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy
to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from
the days of old. |
