1 Woe is me! For I have become

*Isa. 24:13;[Isa. 17:6] as when the summer fruit has been gathered,

as when the grapes have been gleaned:

there is no cluster to eat,

no *Hos. 9:10first-ripe fig that my soul desires.

2 *[Ps. 12:1;Isa. 57:1] The godly has perished from the earth,

and *Ps. 14:1,3there is no one upright among mankind;

*[Ps. 10:9;Hos. 6:8,9] they all lie in wait for blood,

and *Isa. 9:19each hunts the other with a net.

3 *[Zeph. 3:7] Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;

*[Ps. 82:1,2] the prince and *ch. 3:11the judge ask for a bribe,

and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;

thus they weave it together.

4 The best of them is *[2 Sam. 23:6,7;Nah. 1:10]; See Ezek. 2:6like a brier,

the most upright of them a thorn hedge.

The day of *See Ezek. 33:2your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;

*[ch. 3:6,7;Isa. 22:5]now their confusion is at hand.

5 *Jer. 9:4Put no trust in a neighbor;

have no confidence in a friend;

guard *[Ps. 141:3]the doors of your mouth

from her who lies in your arms;*7:5 Hebrew bosom

6 for *Ezek. 22:7;[Matt. 10:21,35;Luke 12:53] the son treats the father with contempt,

the daughter rises up against her mother,

the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

*Cited Matt. 10:36a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord;

*[Lam. 3:26]I will wait for the God of my salvation;

my God will hear me.

8 *[Jer. 50:11;Lam. 4:21] Rejoice not over me, O *ver. 10my enemy;

*Ps. 37:24when I fall, I shall rise;

*Ps. 112:4when I sit in darkness,

the Lord will be a light to me.

9 *[Jer. 10:19] I will bear the indignation of the Lord

because I have sinned against him,

until *See 1 Sam. 24:15he pleads my cause

and executes judgment for me.

*Ps. 37:6He will bring me out to the light;

I shall look upon his vindication.

10 Then *ver. 8my enemy will see,

and shame will cover her who *See Joel 2:17said to me,

"Where is the Lord your God?"

*ch. 4:11My eyes will look upon her;

now she will be trampled down

*Ps. 18:42;See 2 Sam. 22:43like the mire of the streets.

11 *[Ps. 102:13]A day for the building of your walls!

In that day the boundary shall be far extended.

12 In that day they*7:12 Hebrew he will come to you,

*[Isa. 11:11,16;19:23,24;27:13;Hos. 11:11;Zech. 10:10] from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,

and from Egypt to *See Gen. 31:21the River,*7:12 That is, the Euphrates

*Zech. 9:10from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.

13 But *ch. 6:13the earth will be desolate

because of its inhabitants,

for the fruit of their deeds.

14 *Ps. 28:9;[ch. 5:4] Shepherd your people *Ps. 23:4with your staff,

the flock of your inheritance,

who dwell alone in a forest

*Jer. 50:19;[Zech. 10:10] in the midst of *See Josh. 19:26a garden land;*7:14 Hebrew of Carmel

let them graze in Bashan and Gilead

as in the days of old.

15 *Ps. 78:12;See Isa. 11:16As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,

I will show them*7:15 Hebrew him marvelous things.

16 *[Isa. 26:11;52:15] The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;

*See Judg. 18:19they shall lay their hands on their mouths;

their ears shall be deaf;

17 *Ps. 72:9;Isa. 49:23they shall lick the dust like a serpent,

like the crawling things of the earth;

*Ps. 18:45they shall come trembling out of their strongholds;

*[ch. 4:1]they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,

and they shall be in fear of you.

18 *See Ex. 15:11Who is a God like you, *Jer. 50:20;See Ex. 34:7pardoning iniquity

and passing over transgression

*Jer. 50:20;See Ex. 34:7for the remnant of his inheritance?

*Ps. 103:9He does not retain his anger forever,

because he delights in steadfast love.

19 He will *Ps. 80:14again have compassion on us;

*[Rom. 6:14] he will tread our iniquities underfoot.

*[Isa. 38:17]You will cast all our*7:19 Hebrew their sins

into the depths of the sea.

20 *[Luke 1:72,73] You will show faithfulness to Jacob

and steadfast love to Abraham,

*Ps. 105:9,10as you have sworn to our fathers

from the days of old.