Dual Panel1I am depressed <0480>! Indeed <03588>, it is <01961> as if the summer fruit <07019> has been gathered <0625>, and the grapes <05955> have been harvested <01210>. There is no <0369> grape cluster <0811> to eat <0398>, no fresh figs <01063> that I crave <0183> so much.
2Faithful men <02623> have disappeared <06> from <04480> the land <0776>; there are no <0369> godly <03477> men <0120> left. They all <03605> wait in ambush <0693> so they can shed blood <01818>; they <0376> hunt <06679> their own brother <0251> with a net <02764>.
3They are determined <05921> to be experts <03190> at doing <03709> evil <07451>; government officials <08269> and judges <08199> take <07592> bribes <07966>, prominent men <01419> make <01696> demands <01942>, and they <01931> all do what is necessary to satisfy <05686> them.
4The best <02896> of them is like a thorn <02312>; the most godly <03477> among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes <04534>. The day <03117> you try to avoid by posting watchmen <06822>– your appointed time of punishment <06486>– is on the way <0935>, and then <06258> you will experience <01961> confusion <03998>.
5Do not <0408> rely on <0539> a friend <07453>; do not <0408> trust <0982> a companion <0441>! Don’t <08104> even share <08104> secrets <06310> <06607> with the one who lies <07901> in your arms <02436>!
6For <03588> a son <01121> thinks <05034> his father <01> is a fool, a daughter <01323> challenges <06965> her mother <0517>, and a daughter-in-law <03618> her mother-in-law <02545>; a man’s <0376> enemies <0341> are his own <0582> servants <01004>.
7But I <0589> will keep watching <06822> for the Lord <03068>; I will wait <03176> for the God <0430> who delivers <03468> me. My God <0430> will hear <08085> my lament.
8My enemies <0341>, do not <0408> gloat <08056> over me! Though <03588> I have fallen <05307>, I will get up <06965>. Though <03588> I sit <03427> in darkness <02822>, the Lord <03068> will be my light <0216>.
9I must endure <05375> the Lord’s <03068> anger <02197>, for <03588> I have sinned <02398> against him. But then <05704> he will defend <07378> my cause <07379>, and accomplish <06213> justice <04941> on my behalf. He will lead me out <03318> into the light <0216>; I will experience <07200> firsthand his deliverance <06666>.
10When my enemies <0341> see <07200> this, they will be covered <03680> with shame <0955>. They say <0559> to <0413> me, “Where <0346> is the Lord <03068> your God <0430>?” I will gloat <07200> over them. Then <06258> they will be <01961> trampled down <04823> like mud <02916> in the streets <02351>.
11It will be a day <03117> for rebuilding <01129> your walls <01447>; in that day <03117> your boundary <02706> will be extended <07368>.
12In that day <03117> people <01931> will come <0935> to you from <04480> Assyria <0804> as far as <05892> Egypt <04692>, from <04480> Egypt <04693> as far as the <05704> Euphrates River <05104>, from the seacoasts <03220> <03220> and the mountains <02022> <02022>.
13The earth <0776> will become <01961> desolate <08077> because of what its inhabitants <03427> have done <04611>.
14Shepherd <07462> your people <05971> with your shepherd’s rod <07626>, the flock <06629> that belongs <05159> to you, the one that lives <07931> alone <0910> in a thicket <03293>, in the midst <08432> of a pastureland <03760>. Allow them to graze <07462> in Bashan <01316> and Gilead <01568>, as they did in the old <05769> days <03117>.
15“As in the days <03117> when you departed <03318> from the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, I will show <07200> you miraculous deeds <06381>.”
16Nations <01471> will see <07200> this and be disappointed <0954> by all <03605> their strength <01369>, they will put <07760> their hands <03027> over <05921> their mouths <06310>, and act <02790> as if they were deaf <02790>. deaf <0241>.
17They will lick <03897> the dust <06083> like a snake <05175>, like serpents <02119> crawling on the ground <0776>. They will come trembling <07264> from their strongholds <04526> to <0413> the Lord <03068> our God <0430>; they will be terrified <03372> <06342> of <04480> you.
18There is no other God <0410> like <03644> you! You forgive <05375> sin <05771> and pardon <05674> the rebellion <06588> of those who remain <07611> among your people <05159>. You do not <03808> remain <02388> angry <0639> forever <05703>, but delight <02654> in showing loyal love <02617>.
19You will once again <07725> have mercy <07355> on us; you will conquer <03533> our evil deeds <05771>; you will hurl <07993> our sins <02403> into the depths <04688> of the sea <03220>.
20You will be loyal <0571> <05414> to Jacob <03290> and extend your loyal love <02617> to Abraham <085>, which <0834> you promised <07650> on oath to our ancestors <01> in ancient <06924> times <03117>.