Woeis me! forI amas when they have gatheredthe summer fruits, as the grape gleaningsof the vintage: there is noclusterto eat: my souldesiredthe firstripe fruit. The good man is perishedout ofthe earth: and there is noneuprightamong men: they alllie in waitfor blood; they huntevery manhis brotherwith a net. That they may do evilwith both handsearnestly, the princeasketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man , heutterethhis mischievousdesire: so they wrap it up. The bestof them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the dayof thy watchmen and thy visitationcometh; nowshall betheir perplexity. Trustye notin a friend, put ye not confidencein a guide: keepthe doorsof thy mouthfrom her that liethin thy bosom. Forthe sondishonoreththe father, the daughterriseth upagainst her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the menof his own house. Therefore Iwill lookunto the LORD; I will waitfor the Godof my salvation: my Godwill hearme. Rejoicenotagainst me, O mine enemy: whenI fall, I shall arise; whenI sitin darkness, the LORD shall be a lightunto me. I will bearthe indignationof the LORD, becauseI have sinnedagainst him, untilhe pleadmy cause, and executejudgmentfor me: he will bring me forthto the light, and I shall beholdhis righteousness. Then she that is mine enemyshall see it , and shameshall coverher which saiduntome, Whereis the LORDthy God? mine eyesshall beholdher: nowshall she betrodden downas the mireof the streets. In the daythat thy wallsare to be built, in thatdayshall the decreebe far removed. In thatday also he shall comeeven tothee fromAssyria, and from the fortifiedcities, and fromthe fortresseven tothe river, and from seato sea, and from mountainto mountain. Notwithstanding the landshall bedesolatebecause ofthem that dwelltherein, for the fruitof their doings. Feedthy peoplewith thy rod, the flockof thine heritage, which dwellsolitarily in the wood, in the midstof Carmel: let them feed in Bashanand Gilead, as in the daysof old. According to the daysof thy coming outof the landof Egyptwill I showunto him marvelous things . The nationsshall seeand be confoundedat alltheir might: they shall lay their handupon their mouth, their earsshall be deaf. They shall lickthe dustlike a serpent, they shall moveout of their holeslike wormsof the earth: they shall be afraidofthe LORDour God, and shall fearbecause ofthee. Who is a Godlike unto thee, that pardonethiniquity, and passeth bythe transgressionof the remnantof his heritage? he retainethnothis angerforever, becausehedelighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassionupon us; he will subdueour iniquities; and thou wilt castalltheir sinsinto the depthsof the sea. Thou wilt performthe truthto Jacob, and the mercyto Abraham, whichthou hast swornunto our fathersfrom the daysof old.