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Misery Turned to Hope
How miserable I am!
I feel like the fruit picker after the harvest
who can find nothing to eat.
Not a cluster of grapes or a single early fig
can be found to satisfy my hunger.
How miserable I am!
I feel like the fruit picker after the harvest
who can find nothing to eat.
Not a cluster of grapes or a single early fig
can be found to satisfy my hunger.
Israel’s Misery
What misery is mine!
I am like one who gathers summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
none of the early figs that I crave.
What misery is mine!
I am like one who gathers summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
none of the early figs that I crave.
The godly people have all disappeared;
not one honest person is left on the earth.
They are all murderers,
setting traps even for their own brothers.
not one honest person is left on the earth.
They are all murderers,
setting traps even for their own brothers.
The faithful have been swept from the land;
not one upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait to shed blood;
they hunt each other with nets.
not one upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait to shed blood;
they hunt each other with nets.
Both their hands are equally skilled at doing evil!
Officials and judges alike demand bribes.
The people with influence get what they want,
and together they scheme to twist justice.
Officials and judges alike demand bribes.
The people with influence get what they want,
and together they scheme to twist justice.
Both hands are skilled in doing evil;
the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,
the powerful dictate what they desire —
they all conspire together.
the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,
the powerful dictate what they desire —
they all conspire together.
Even the best of them is like a brier;
the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns.
But your judgment day is coming swiftly now.
Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion.
the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns.
But your judgment day is coming swiftly now.
Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion.
The best of them is like a brier,
the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
Now is the time of your confusion.
the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
Now is the time of your confusion.
Don’t trust anyone —
not your best friend or even your wife!
not your best friend or even your wife!
Do not trust a neighbor;
put no confidence in a friend.
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
guard the words of your lips.
put no confidence in a friend.
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
guard the words of your lips.
For the son despises his father.
The daughter defies her mother.
The daughter-in-law defies her mother-in-law.
Your enemies are right in your own household!
The daughter defies her mother.
The daughter-in-law defies her mother-in-law.
Your enemies are right in your own household!
For a son dishonors his father,
a daughter rises up against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law —
a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
a daughter rises up against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law —
a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
As for me, I look to the LORD for help.
I wait confidently for God to save me,
and my God will certainly hear me.
I wait confidently for God to save me,
and my God will certainly hear me.
But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me.
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me.
Do not gloat over me, my enemies!
For though I fall, I will rise again.
Though I sit in darkness,
the LORD will be my light.
For though I fall, I will rise again.
Though I sit in darkness,
the LORD will be my light.
Israel Will Rise
Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise.
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.
Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise.
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.
I will be patient as the LORD punishes me,
for I have sinned against him.
But after that, he will take up my case
and give me justice for all I have suffered from my enemies.
The LORD will bring me into the light,
and I will see his righteousness.
for I have sinned against him.
But after that, he will take up my case
and give me justice for all I have suffered from my enemies.
The LORD will bring me into the light,
and I will see his righteousness.
Because I have sinned against him,
I will bear the Lord’s wrath,
until he pleads my case
and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;
I will see his righteousness.
I will bear the Lord’s wrath,
until he pleads my case
and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;
I will see his righteousness.
Then my enemies will see that the LORD is on my side.
They will be ashamed that they taunted me, saying,
“So where is the LORD —
that God of yours?”
With my own eyes I will see their downfall;
they will be trampled like mud in the streets.
They will be ashamed that they taunted me, saying,
“So where is the LORD —
that God of yours?”
With my own eyes I will see their downfall;
they will be trampled like mud in the streets.
Then my enemy will see it
and will be covered with shame,
she who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her downfall;
even now she will be trampled underfoot
like mire in the streets.
and will be covered with shame,
she who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her downfall;
even now she will be trampled underfoot
like mire in the streets.
In that day, Israel, your cities will be rebuilt,
and your borders will be extended.
and your borders will be extended.
The day for building your walls will come,
the day for extending your boundaries.
the day for extending your boundaries.
In that day people will come to you
from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
and from sea to sea
and from mountain to mountain.
from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
and from sea to sea
and from mountain to mountain.
The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
as the result of their deeds.
as the result of their deeds.
“Yes,” says the LORD,
“I will do mighty miracles for you,
like those I did when I rescued you
from slavery in Egypt.”
“I will do mighty miracles for you,
like those I did when I rescued you
from slavery in Egypt.”
“As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders.”
I will show them my wonders.”
All the nations of the world will stand amazed
at what the LORD will do for you.
They will be embarrassed
at their feeble power.
They will cover their mouths in silent awe,
deaf to everything around them.
at what the LORD will do for you.
They will be embarrassed
at their feeble power.
They will cover their mouths in silent awe,
deaf to everything around them.
Nations will see and be ashamed,
deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths
and their ears will become deaf.
deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths
and their ears will become deaf.
Like snakes crawling from their holes,
they will come out to meet the LORD our God.
They will fear him greatly,
trembling in terror at his presence.
they will come out to meet the LORD our God.
They will fear him greatly,
trembling in terror at his presence.
They will lick dust like a snake,
like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling out of their dens;
they will turn in fear to the Lord our God
and will be afraid of you.
like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling out of their dens;
they will turn in fear to the Lord our God
and will be afraid of you.
Where is another God like you,
who pardons the guilt of the remnant,
overlooking the sins of his special people?
You will not stay angry with your people forever,
because you delight in showing unfailing love.
who pardons the guilt of the remnant,
overlooking the sins of his special people?
You will not stay angry with your people forever,
because you delight in showing unfailing love.
Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.
Once again you will have compassion on us.
You will trample our sins under your feet
and throw them into the depths of the ocean!
You will trample our sins under your feet
and throw them into the depths of the ocean!
You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.