7: 1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; ⁴¹my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.
⁴¹Or, nor first-ripe fig which my soul desired.

7: 2 The godly 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.
7: 3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
7: 4 The best of them is as a brier; ⁴²the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.
⁴²Or, the straightest is as it were taken from a thorn hedge:

7: 5 Trust ye not in a neighbor; and put ye not confidence in a ⁴³friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
⁴³Or, confidant;

7: 6 For the son dishonoreth 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: 7 But as for me, ⁴⁴I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
⁴⁴Or, in Jehovah will I keep watch;

7: 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.
7: 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, 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.
7: 10 Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see my desire upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
7: 11 ⁴⁵A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the ⁴⁶decree be far removed.
⁴⁵Or, In the day that thy walls are to be built!
⁴⁶Or, boundary

7: 12 In that day shall they come unto thee from Assyria and the cities of ⁴⁷Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
⁴⁷Hb. Mazor (singular; both times) [not Mizraim]

7: 13 Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
7: 14 ⁴⁸Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily, in the forest in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
⁴⁸Or, Rule

7: 15 As in the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt will I show unto them marvellous things.
7: 16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
7: 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
7: 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
7: 19 He will again have compassion upon us; he will ⁴⁹tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
⁴⁹Or, subdue our iniquities under foot;

7: 20 ⁵⁰Thou wilt ⁵¹perform the truth to Jacob, and the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
⁵⁰Or, Thou wilt show thy faithfulness to Jacob,
⁵¹Hb. give