13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, and for the fruits of [a]their inventions.

14 [b]Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage (which dwell solitary in the wood) as in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in old time.

15 [c]According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt, will I show unto him marvelous things.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:13 Afore this grace appear, he showeth how grievously the hypocrites themselves shall be punished, seeing that the earth itself, which cannot sin shall be made waste because of their wickedness.
  2. Micah 7:14 The Prophet prayeth to God to be merciful unto his Church, when they should be scattered abroad as in solitary places in Babylon, and to be beneficial unto them as in times past.
  3. Micah 7:15 God promiseth to be favorable to his people, as he had been afore time.

13 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
    as the result of their deeds.(A)

Prayer and Praise

14 Shepherd(B) your people with your staff,(C)
    the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
    in fertile pasturelands.[a](D)
Let them feed in Bashan(E) and Gilead(F)
    as in days long ago.(G)

15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
    I will show them my wonders.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel