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10 Then my enemy will observe it,
    and shame will engulf the ones[a] who asked me,
        ‘Where is the Lord your God?’
My own eyes will see them,[b]
    they[c] will be trampled on like mud in the streets.

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11 When the time comes[d] for rebuilding your walls,
    that time[e] will surely be extended.[f]
12 At that time[g] armies[h] will invade you from Assyria,
    from Egyptian cities to the Euphrates[i] River,
from sea to sea
    and from mountain to mountain.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:10 Lit. will bury her
  2. Micah 7:10 Lit. her
  3. Micah 7:10 Lit. she
  4. Micah 7:11 Lit. In the day
  5. Micah 7:11 Lit. in the day
  6. Micah 7:11 Or that day the decree will be removed far away
  7. Micah 7:12 Lit. At that day
  8. Micah 7:12 Lit. they
  9. Micah 7:12 The Heb. lacks Euphrates

10 Then my enemy will see it
    and will be covered with shame,(A)
she who said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”(B)
My eyes will see her downfall;(C)
    even now she will be trampled(D) underfoot
    like mire in the streets.

11 The day for building your walls(E) will come,
    the day for extending your boundaries.
12 In that day people will come to you
    from Assyria(F) and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
    and from sea to sea
    and from mountain to mountain.(G)

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