Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
Micah 7:10 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is the LORD your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? My eyes will see my desire upon her; now she will be trodden down as the mire of the streets. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Then my enemy will see; shame will cover her who said to me: “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her ruin; now she will become something to be trampled, like mud in the streets. Catholic Public Domain Version And my enemy will look, and she will be covered with confusion, she who says to me, "Where is the Lord your God?" My eyes will look upon her. Now she will be trampled under foot like the mud of the streets. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And my enemy shall behold, and she shall be covered with shame, who saith to me: Where is the Lord thy God? My eyes shall look down upon her: now shall she be trodden under foot as the mire of the streets. |
Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, *Where is your God?*
My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, *Where is your God?*
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
Why should the nations say, *Where is their God?* Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Levanon.
The LORD, your hand is lifted up, yet they don't see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
*I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.
I will render to Bavel and to all the inhabitants of Kasdim all their evil that they have done in Tziyon in your sight, says the LORD.
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if you don't worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Let the Kohanim, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, *Spare your people, LORD, and don't give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'*
For the violence done to your brother Ya`akov, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.
But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don't rejoice over the children of Yehudah in the day of their destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day of distress.
Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, *Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Tziyon.*
Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.
The LORD has taken away your judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Yisra'el, the LORD, is in the midst of you. You will not be afraid of evil any more.
They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.
Your eyes will see, and you will say, *The LORD is great--even beyond the border of Yisra'el!*
You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,* says the LORD of Armies.
He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'*
For the Kena`anim and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name?
*Rejoice over her, O heaven, you holy ones, emissaries, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.*