Woe is me! for I am as whentheyhavegathered the summerfruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my souldesired the firstripefruit.
Thatthey may do evilwithbothhandsearnestly, the princeasketh, and the judgeasketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievousdesire: so theywrap it up.
The best of them is as a brier: the mostupright is sharperthan a thornhedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitationcometh; now shall be theirperplexity.
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughterriseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’senemies are the men of his own house.
I willbear the indignation of the LORD, because I havesinnedagainst him, until he plead my cause, and executejudgment for me: he willbring me forth to the light, and I shallbehold his righteousness.
Then she that is mineenemyshall see it, and shameshallcover her whichsaidunto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mineeyesshallbehold her: now shall she be troddendown as the mire of the streets.
In that day also he shallcomeeven to theefromAssyria, and from the fortifiedcities, and from the fortresseven to the river, and from sea to sea, and frommountain to mountain.
Feed thy peoplewith thy rod, the flock of thineheritage, whichdwellsolitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let themfeed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Theyshalllick the dustlike a serpent, theyshallmove out of theirholeslikeworms of the earth: theyshall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shallfearbecause of thee.
Who is a God likeuntothee, thatpardonethiniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.