1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe fruit. Compare verse3 commentaries
2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. Compare verse2 commentaries
3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. Compare verse1 commentary
4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity. Compare verse1 commentary
5 Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom. Compare verse2 commentaries
6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. Compare verse4 commentaries
7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Compare verse1 commentary
8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me. Compare verse2 commentaries
9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Compare verse2 commentaries
10 Then she that is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said to me, Where is the LORD your God? my eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. Compare verse2 commentaries
11 In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. Compare verse2 commentaries
12 In that day also he shall come even to you from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. Compare verse1 commentary
13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. Compare verse2 commentaries
14 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the middle of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. Compare verse1 commentary
15 According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show to him marvelous things. Compare verse2 commentaries
16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand on their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. Compare verse1 commentary
17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of you. Compare verse1 commentary
18 Who is a God like to you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger for ever, because he delights in mercy. Compare verse3 commentaries
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion on us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Compare verse3 commentaries
20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Compare verse1 commentary