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¡Miserable de mí!
Me siento como el recolector de fruta que después de cosechar
no encuentra nada que comer.
No encuentro ni un racimo de uvas ni uno de los primeros higos
para saciar mi hambre.
no queda ni una sola persona honrada sobre la tierra.
Son todos asesinos,
les tienden trampas hasta a sus propios hermanos.
Tanto los funcionarios como los jueces exigen sobornos.
La gente con influencia obtiene lo que quiere
y juntos traman para torcer la justicia.
el más honrado es tan peligroso como un cerco de espinos.
Pero ahora viene con prontitud el día de juicio.
Su hora de castigo ha llegado, un tiempo de confusión.
¡ni en su mejor amigo, ni siquiera en su esposa!
La hija se rebela contra su madre.
La nuera reta a su suegra.
¡Sus enemigos están dentro de su propia casa!
.
Espero confiadamente que Dios me salve,
y con seguridad mi Dios me oirá.
Pues aunque caiga, me levantaré otra vez.
Aunque esté en oscuridad,
el Señor
será mi luz.
me castigue,
porque he pecado contra él.
Pero después, él tomará mi caso
y me hará justicia por todo lo que he sufrido a manos de mis enemigos.
El Señor
me llevará a la luz
y veré su justicia.
está de mi lado.
Serán avergonzados los que se mofaban de mí diciendo:
«Entonces, ¿dónde está el Señor
,
ese Dios tuyo?».
Con mis propios ojos veré su ruina;
como lodo en las calles serán pisoteados.
y tus fronteras se extenderán.
desde Asiria hasta las ciudades de Egipto,
desde Egipto hasta el río Éufrates
y desde los mares distantes y las montañas lejanas.
a causa de la perversidad de los que la habitan.
por Israel
Oh Señor
, protege a tu pueblo con tu vara de pastor;
guía a tu rebaño, tu posesión más preciada.
Aunque viva solo en un matorral
en lo alto del monte Carmelo,
que se alimente en los fértiles pastos de Basán y Galaad
como lo hacía en tiempos pasados.
—,
haré para ti grandes milagros,
como los que hice cuando te rescaté
de la esclavitud en Egipto».
de lo que el Señor
hará por ti.
Estarán avergonzadas
de su escaso poder.
Se cubrirán la boca, mudas de respeto y temor,
sordas a todo lo que las rodea.
saldrán para encontrarse con el Señor
nuestro Dios.
Sentirán mucho temor de él
y temblarán de terror ante su presencia.
que perdona la culpa del remanente
y pasa por alto los pecados de su preciado pueblo?
No seguirás enojado con tu pueblo para siempre,
porque tú te deleitas en mostrar tu amor inagotable.
¡Aplastarás nuestros pecados bajo tus pies
y los arrojarás a las profundidades del océano!
como lo prometiste hace mucho tiempo a nuestros antepasados Abraham y Jacob.
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Miqueas 7 Commentary
Chapter 7
The general prevalence of wickedness. (1-7) Reliance on God, and triumph over enemies. (8-13) Promises and encouragements for Israel. (14-20)
Verses 1-7 The prophet bemoans himself that he lived among a people ripening apace for ruin, in which many good persons would suffer. Men had no comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their nearest relations. Contempt and violation of domestic duties are a sad symptom of universal corruption. Those are never likely to come to good who are undutiful to their parents. The prophet saw no safety or comfort but in looking to the Lord, and waiting on God his salvation. When under trials, we should look continually to our Divine Redeemer, that we may have strength and grace to trust in him, and to be examples to those around us.
Verses 8-13 Those truly penitent for sin, will see great reason to be patient under affliction. When we complain to the Lord of the badness of the times, we ought to complain against ourselves for the badness of our hearts. We must depend upon God to work deliverance for us in due time. We must not only look to him, but look for him. In our greatest distresses, we shall see no reason to despair of salvation, if by faith we look to the Lord as the God of our salvation. Though enemies triumph and insult, they shall be silenced and put to shame. Though Zion's walls may long be in ruins, there will come a day when they shall be repaired. Israel shall come from all the remote parts, not turning back for discouragements. Though our enemies may seem to prevail against us, and to rejoice over us, we should not despond. Though cast down, we are not destroyed; we may join hope in God's mercy, with submission to his correction. No hinderances can prevent the favours the Lord intends for his church.
Verses 14-20 When God is about to deliver his people, he stirs up their friends to pray for them. Apply spiritually the prophet's prayer to Christ, to take care of his church, as the great Shepherd of the sheep, and to go before them, while they are here in this world as in a wood, in this world but not of it. God promises in answer to this prayer, he will do that for them which shall be repeating the miracles of former ages. As their sin brought them into bondage, so God's pardoning their sin brought them out. All who find pardoning mercy, cannot but wonder at that mercy; we have reason to stand amazed, if we know what it is. When the Lord takes away the guilt of sin, that it may not condemn us, he will break the power of sin, that it may not have dominion over us. If left to ourselves, our sins will be too hard for us; but God's grace shall be sufficient to subdue them, so that they shall not rule us, and then they shall not ruin us. When God forgives sin, he takes care that it never shall be remembered any more against the sinner. He casts their sins into the sea; not near the shore-side, where they may appear again, but into the depth of the sea, never to rise again. All their sins shall be cast there, for when God forgives sin, he forgives all. He will perfect that which concerns us, and with this good work will do all for us which our case requires, and which he has promised. These engagements relate to Christ, and the success of the gospel to the end of time, the future restoration of Israel, and the final prevailing of true religion in all lands. The Lord will perform his truth and mercy, not one jot or tittle of it shall fall to the ground: faithful is He that has promised, who also will do it. Let us remember that the Lord has given the security of his covenant, for strong consolation to all who flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them in Christ Jesus.
Chapter Summary
INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 7
This chapter begins with a lamentation of the prophet, in the name of the church and people of God, concerning the general depravity and corruption of the times in which he lived, Mic 7:1-6; then declares what he was determined to do for his relief in such circumstances, Mic 7:7; comforts himself and the church with a good hope and firm belief of its being otherwise and better with them, to the shame and confusion of their enemies that now rejoiced, though without just reason for it, Mic 7:8-10; with promises of deliverance, after a desolation of the land for some time, Mic 7:11-13; and with the answer returned to the prayers of the prophet, Mic 7:14,15; which would issue in the astonishment of the world, and their subjection to the church of God, Mic 7:16,17; and the chapter is concluded with admiration at the pardoning grace and mercy of God, and his faithfulness to his promises, Mic 7:18-20.