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Micah 7:7-20

7Butasforme,Iwilllook untoJehovah;Iwillwaitאוֹחִ֖ילָה'o.Chi.lahH3176fortheGodלֵאלֹהֵ֣יle.lo.HeiH430ofmysalvationיִשְׁעִ֑יyish.'IH3468:myGodאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430willhearיִשְׁמָעֵ֖נִיyish.ma.'E.niH8085me.

8Rejoiceתִּשְׂמְחִ֤יtis.me.ChiH8055notagainstme,Omineenemyאֹיַ֙בְתִּי֙'o.Yav.tiH341:whenIfallH5307,Ishallariseקָ֑מְתִּיKa.me.tiH6965;whenIsitאֵשֵׁ֣ב'e.ShevH3427indarknessבַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822,Jehovahwillbealightא֥וֹר'orH216untome.

9Iwillbearאֶשָּׂ֔א'e.Sa'H5375theindignationofJehovah,becauseIhavesinnedH2398againsthim,untilhepleadmycauseH7379,andexecutejudgmentH4941forme:hewillbringיוֹצִיאֵ֣נִיyo.tzi.'E.niH3318meforthH3318tothelightלָא֔וֹרla.'orH216,andIshallbeholdhisrighteousnessבְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃be.tzid.ka.ToH6666.

10Thenmineenemyאֹיַ֙בְתִּי֙'o.Yav.tiH341shallseeH7200it,andshameבוּשָׁ֔הvu.ShahH955shallcoverוּתְכַסֶּ֣הָu.te.kha.Se.haH3680herwhosaidהָאֹמְרָ֣הha.'o.me.RahH559untome,WhereH346isJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהָ֑יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430? Mineeyesעֵינַי֙'ei.NaiH5869shallseeH7200mydesireuponher;nowעַתָּ֛ה'a.TahH6258shallshebeH1961troddendownasthemireofthestreetsחוּצֽוֹת׃chu.TzotH2351.

11Adayי֖וֹםYomH3117forbuildingלִבְנ֣וֹתliv.NotH1129thywallsגְּדֵרָ֑יִךְge.de.Ra.yikhH1447!inthatdayי֥וֹםYomH3117shallthedecreeH2706befarיִרְחַק־yir.chak-H7368removedH7368.

12Inthatdayי֥וֹםYomH3117shalltheycomeיָב֔וֹאya.Vo'H935unto theefromAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804andthecitiesוְעָרֵ֣יve.'a.ReiH5892ofEgyptמָצ֑וֹרma.TzorH4693,andfromEgyptמָצוֹר֙ma.tzOrH4693eventotheRiverנָהָ֔רna.HarH5104,andfromseaוְיָ֥םve.YamH3220toseaמִיָּ֖םmi.YamH3220,andfrommountainוְהַ֥רve.HarH2022tomountainהָהָֽר׃ha.HarH2022.

13YetshallthelandH776beH1961desolatebecauseofthemthatdwellH3427therein,forthefruitמִפְּרִ֖יmi.pe.RiH6529oftheirdoings.

14FeedH7462thypeopleעַמְּךָ֣'a.me.KhaH5971withthyrodבְשִׁבְטֶ֗ךָve.shiv.Te.khaH7626,theflockצֹ֚אןtzonH6629ofthyheritage,whichdwellשֹׁכְנִ֣יsho.khe.NiH7931solitarily,intheforestיַ֖עַרYa.'arH3293inthemidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofCarmelH3760: letthemfeedH7462inBashanבָשָׁ֛ןva.ShanH1316andGileadוְגִלְעָ֖דve.gil.'AdH1568,asinthedaysכִּימֵ֥יki.MeiH3117ofold.

15Asinthedaysכִּימֵ֥יki.MeiH3117ofthycomingH3318forthH3318outofthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714willIshowאַרְאֶ֖נּוּ'ar.'E.nuH7200untothemmarvellousthingsH6381.

16Thenationsגוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471shallseeיִרְא֤וּyir.'UH7200andbeashamedוְיֵבֹ֔שׁוּve.ye.Vo.shuH954ofalltheirmight;theyshalllaytheirhandיָד֙yadH3027upontheirmouthפֶּ֔הPehH6310;theirearsאָזְנֵיהֶ֖ם'a.ze.nei.HemH241shallbedeaf.

17Theyshalllickיְלַחֲכ֤וּye.la.cha.KhuH3897thedustעָפָר֙'a.FarH6083likeaserpent;likecrawlingthingsoftheearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776theyshallcometremblingH7264outoftheirclose places;theyshallcomewithfearH3372untoJehovahourGodאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,andshallbeafraidוְיִֽרְא֖וּve.yir.'UH3372becauseofthee.

18WhoisaGodאֵ֣ל'elH410likeunto thee,thatpardonethiniquityעָוֹן֙'a.VonH5771,andpassethoverthetransgressionפֶּ֔שַׁעPe.sha'H6588oftheremnantלִשְׁאֵרִ֖יתlish.'e.RitH7611ofhisheritage?heretainethnothisangerאַפּ֔וֹ'a.PoH639foreverלָעַד֙la.'AdH5703,becausehedelightethinlovingkindness.

19Hewillagainhavecompassionיְרַֽחֲמֵ֔נוּye.ra.cha.Me.nuH7355uponus;hewilltreadouriniquitiesעֲוֹֽנֹתֵ֑ינוּ'a.vo.no.Tei.nuH5771underfoot;andthou wiltcastוְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְve.tash.LikhH7993alltheirsinsחַטֹּאותָֽם׃cha.to.TamH2403intothedepthsבִּמְצֻל֥וֹתbim.tzu.LotH4688oftheseaיָ֖םyamH3220.

20Thou wilt performthetruthH571toJacobלְיַֽעֲקֹ֔בle.ya.'a.KoH3290,andthelovingkindnesstoAbrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֑םle.'av.ra.HamH85,whichthou hastswornH7650untoourfathersלַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּla.'a.vo.Tei.nuH1fromthedaysמִ֥ימֵיMi.meiH3117ofold.

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