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1. I am upset because I am like fruit that has been gathered, like grapes that have already been picked. There are no grapes left to eat. There are none of the early figs that I love.
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1. Woe H480 is me! for H3588 I am H1961 as when they have gathered H625 the summer fruits H7019 , as the grape gleanings H5955 of the vintage H1210 : there is no H369 cluster H811 to eat H398 : my soul H5315 desired H183 the firstripe fruit H1063 .
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2. By this I mean that all the faithful people are gone. There are no good people left. Everyone is planning to kill someone. Everyone is trying to trap their brother.
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2. The good H2623 man is perished H6 out of H4480 the earth H776 : and there is none H369 upright H3477 among men H120 : they all H3605 lie in wait H693 for blood H1818 ; they hunt H6679 every man H376 H853 his brother H251 with a net H2764 .
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3. People are good at doing bad things with both hands. Officials ask for bribes. Judges take money to change their decisions in court. "Important leaders" do whatever they want to do.
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3. That they may do evil H5921 H7451 with both hands H3709 earnestly H3190 , the prince H8269 asketh H7592 , and the judge H8199 asketh for a reward H7966 ; and the great H1419 man , he H1931 uttereth H1696 his mischievous H1942 desire H5315 : so they wrap it up H5686 .
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4. Even the best of them is as crooked as a tangled thornbush. Your prophets said this day would come, and the day of your watchmen has come. Now you will be punished. Now you will be confused!
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4. The best H2896 of them is as a brier H2312 : the most upright H3477 is sharper than a thorn hedge H4480 H4534 : the day H3117 of thy watchmen H6822 and thy visitation H6486 cometh H935 ; now H6258 shall be H1961 their perplexity H3998 .
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5. Don't trust your neighbor or trust a friend! Don't even speak freely with your wife.
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5. Trust H539 ye not H408 in a friend H7453 , put ye not confidence H982 H408 in a guide H441 : keep H8104 the doors H6607 of thy mouth H6310 from her that lieth H4480 H7901 in thy bosom H2436 .
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6. Your enemies will be the people in your own house. A son will not honor his father. A daughter will turn against her mother. A daughter-in-law will turn against her mother-in-law.
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6. For H3588 the son H1121 dishonoreth H5034 the father H1 , the daughter H1323 riseth up H6965 against her mother H517 , the daughter H3618 -in-law against her mother H2545 -in-law ; a man H376 's enemies H341 are the men H376 of his own house H1004 .
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7. So I will look to the Lord for help. I will wait for God to save me. My God will hear me.
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7. Therefore I H589 will look H6822 unto the LORD H3068 ; I will wait H3176 for the God H430 of my salvation H3468 : my God H430 will hear H8085 me.
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8. I have fallen, but enemy, don't laugh at me! I will get up again. I sit in darkness now, but the Lord will be a light for me.
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8. Rejoice H8055 not H408 against me , O mine enemy H341 : when H3588 I fall H5307 , I shall arise H6965 ; when H3588 I sit H3427 in darkness H2822 , the LORD H3068 shall be a light H216 unto me.
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9. I sinned against the Lord, so he was angry with me. But he will argue my case for me in court. He will do what is right for me. Then he will bring me out into the light, and I will see that he is right.
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9. I will bear H5375 the indignation H2197 of the LORD H3068 , because H3588 I have sinned H2398 against him, until H5704 he plead H7378 my cause H7379 , and execute H6213 judgment H4941 for me : he will bring me forth H3318 to the light H216 , and I shall behold H7200 his righteousness H6666 .
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10. My enemy said to me, "Where is the Lord your God?" But my enemy will see this, and she will be ashamed. At that time I will laugh at her. People will walk over her, like mud in the streets.
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10. Then she that is mine enemy H341 shall see H7200 it , and shame H955 shall cover H3680 her which said H559 unto H413 me, Where H346 is the LORD H3068 thy God H430 ? mine eyes H5869 shall behold H7200 her: now H6258 shall she be H1961 trodden down H4823 as the mire H2916 of the streets H2351 .
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11. The time will come when your walls will be rebuilt. At that time the country will grow.
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11. In the day H3117 that thy walls H1447 are to be built H1129 , in that H1931 day H3117 shall the decree H2706 be far removed H7368 .
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12. Your people will come back to your land. They will come back from Assyria and from the cities of Egypt. They will come from Egypt and from the other side of the Euphrates River. They will come from the sea in the west and from the mountains in the east.
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12. In that H1931 day H3117 also he shall come H935 even to H5704 thee from H4480 Assyria H804 , and from the fortified H4693 cities H5892 , and from H4480 the fortress H4693 even to H5704 the river H5104 , and from sea H3220 to sea H4480 H3220 , and from mountain H2022 to mountain H2022 .
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13. The land was ruined by the people who lived there and by what they did.
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13. Notwithstanding the land H776 shall be H1961 desolate H8077 because of H5921 them that dwell H3427 therein , for the fruit H4480 H6529 of their doings H4611 .
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14. So rule your people with your rod. Rule the flock of people who belong to you. That flock lives alone in the woods and up on Mount Carmel. That flock lives in Bashan and Gilead as they did in the past.
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14. Feed H7462 thy people H5971 with thy rod H7626 , the flock H6629 of thine heritage H5159 , which dwell H7931 solitarily H910 in the wood H3293 , in the midst H8432 of Carmel H3760 : let them feed H7462 in Bashan H1316 and Gilead H1568 , as in the days H3117 of old H5769 .
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15. I did many miracles when I took you out of Egypt. I will let you see more miracles like that.
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15. According to the days H3117 of thy coming out H3318 of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 will I show H7200 unto him marvelous H6381 things .
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16. The nations will see those miracles, and they will be ashamed. They will see that their "power" is nothing compared to mine. They will be amazed and put their hands over their mouths. They will cover their ears and refuse to listen.
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16. The nations H1471 shall see H7200 and be confounded H954 at all H4480 H3605 their might H1369 : they shall lay H7760 their hand H3027 upon H5921 their mouth H6310 , their ears H241 shall be deaf H2790 .
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17. They will crawl in the dust like a snake. They will shake with fear. They will be like insects crawling from their holes in the ground and coming to the Lord our God. God, they will fear and respect you!
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17. They shall lick H3897 the dust H6083 like a serpent H5175 , they shall move H7264 out of their holes H4480 H4526 like worms H2119 of the earth H776 : they shall be afraid H6342 of H413 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , and shall fear H3372 because of H4480 thee.
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18. There is no God like you. You take away people's guilt. God will forgive his people who survive. He will not stay angry with them forever, because he enjoys being kind.
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18. Who H4310 is a God H410 like unto thee H3644 , that pardoneth H5375 iniquity H5771 , and passeth by H5674 H5921 the transgression H6588 of the remnant H7611 of his heritage H5159 ? he retaineth H2388 not H3808 his anger H639 forever H5703 , because H3588 he H1931 delighteth H2654 in mercy H2617 .
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19. He will come back and comfort us again. He will throw all our sins into the deep sea.
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19. He will turn again H7725 , he will have compassion H7355 upon us ; he will subdue H3533 our iniquities H5771 ; and thou wilt cast H7993 all H3605 their sins H2403 into the depths H4688 of the sea H3220 .
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20. God, please be true to Jacob. Be kind and loyal to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors long ago.
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20. Thou wilt perform H5414 the truth H571 to Jacob H3290 , and the mercy H2617 to Abraham H85 , which H834 thou hast sworn H7650 unto our fathers H1 from the days H4480 H3117 of old H6924 .
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