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| Gomorrah was destroyed because they could not find ten righteous men.<Ref>Genesis 18:23 ¶  And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
| The [[Sin of Sodom]] and Gomorrah for which they were destroyed was because they could not find ten righteous men.<Ref>[[Genesis 18]]:23 "And [[Abraham]] drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the [[righteous]] with the wicked? 24  Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein?
24  Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein?
25  That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
25  That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26  And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
26  And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
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31  And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for twenty’s sake.
31  And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for twenty’s sake.
32  And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten’s sake.</Ref>
32  And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten’s sake.</Ref>
: But "Behold, this was the [[iniquity]] of thy '''[[Sin of Sodom|sister Sodom]]''', pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen<Ref>{{02388}}</Ref> the hand of the poor and needy." [[Ezekiel 16]]:49
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| That destruction was clearly connected to a [[snare]] and net mentioned in Psalm,<Ref>Psalms 69:22  Let their table become a [[snare]] before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] [[welfare]], [let it become] a trap.
| That destruction was clearly connected to a [[snare]] and net<Ref>''Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers'', (2) "With a net.—The net, which in the [[Hebrew]] term comes from a verb meaning to shut up" or "With a net; which is spread beforehand, and laid close; so it is secret, premeditated cruelty and rapine they do universally exercise against each other." ''Matthew Poole's Commentary''.</Ref> mentioned in Psalm..." <Ref>[[Psalms 69]]:22  Let their table become a [[snare]] before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] [[welfare]], [let it become] a trap.
: [[Psalms 10]]:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
: [[Psalms 35]]:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my [[soul]].
: Psalms 91:3  Surely he shall deliver thee from the [[snare]] of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.
: Psalms 91:3  Surely he shall deliver thee from the [[snare]] of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.
: Psalms 106:36  And they served their [[idols]]: which were a [[snare]] unto them.
: [[Psalms 106]]:36  And they served their [[idols]]: which were a [[snare]] unto them.
: Psalms 119:110  The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.</Ref> [[Proverbs 1]], and Paul.<Ref>Romans 11:9  And David saith, Let their table be made a [[snare]], and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
: [[Psalms 119]]:110  The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.</Ref> [[Proverbs 1]], and Paul.<Ref>Romans 11:9  And David saith, Let their table be made a [[snare]], and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
: 1 Corinthians 7:35  And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a [[snare]] upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
: [[1 Corinthians 7]]:35  And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a [[snare]] upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
: 1 Timothy 3:7  Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the [[snare]] of the devil.
: [[1 Timothy 3]]:7  Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the [[snare]] of the devil.
: 1 Timothy 6:9  But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a [[snare]], and [into] many [[foolish]] and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
: [[1 Timothy 6]]:9  But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a [[snare]], and [into] many [[foolish]] and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
: 2 Timothy 2:26  And [that] they may recover themselves out of the [[snare]] of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.</Ref>
: [[2 Timothy 2]]:26  And [that] they may recover themselves out of the [[snare]] of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.</Ref>
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| The [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] undermined the relation of the family mentioned in verse 5 so children did no more ought for their parents which is a goal of [[communism]].
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| [[Nimrod]] in [[Genesis 10]]:9 and Esau in  [[Genesis 25]]:27 were hunters but here we see a similar but different word where brother hunts<Ref name="hunt">{{06679}}</Ref> the [[blood]] of brother in verse 2.<Ref name="v2">Cross refference verses for verse 2
: [[Psalms 12]]:1 ¶  «To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.» Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
: Psalms 14:1 ¶  «To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.» The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
: [[Psalms 14]]:2  The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.
: [[Psalms 14]]:3  They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
: [[Isaiah 57]]:1 ¶  The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].
: [[Romans 3]]:10  As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11  There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.12  They are all gone out of the  way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13  Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips: 14  Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness: 15  Their feet [are] '''swift to shed [[blood]]:''' 16  Destruction and misery [are] in their ways: 17  And the way of peace have they not known: 18  There is no fear of God before their eyes.
: [[Proverbs 1]]:10 ¶  My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.11  If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:12  Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:13  We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:14  Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:15  My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:16  For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.17  Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.18  And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.19  So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.<Br>
20 ¶  Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:21  She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],22  How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?23  Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.24  Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;25  But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:26  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;27  When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.28  Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:29  For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:30  They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.31  Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.32  For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.33  But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
: [[Leviticus 17]]:4  And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he '''hath shed blood;''' and '''that man shall be cut off from among his people''':
: Ezekiel 16:38  And I will judge thee, '''as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury''' and jealousy.
: [[Ezekiel 22]]:6  Behold, the princes of Israel, '''every one were in thee to their power to shed blood'''.7  In thee have they set light by father and mother: '''in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger''': in thee have they '''vexed the fatherless and the widow.'''8  Thou hast '''despised mine holy things''', and hast profaned my [[sabbath]]s.9  In thee are men that '''carry tales to shed blood''': and in thee they '''eat upon the mountains''': in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.<[[02154]]>10  In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. 11  And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.12  In thee have they '''taken gifts to shed blood'''; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 22:27  Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
 
: [[Proverbs 12]]:6 ¶  The words of '''the wicked [are] to lie in wait for [[blood]]''': but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
: [[Isaiah 59]]:7  Their feet run to evil, '''and they make haste to shed innocent [[blood]]:''' their thoughts [are] '''thoughts of [[iniquity]]'''; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.
: [[Jeremiah 5]]:16  Their quiver [is] as '''an open sepulchre''', they [are] all mighty men.17  And '''they shall eat up thine harvest''', and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
: [[Psalms 57]]:6  They have '''prepared a net for my steps'''; my soul is bowed down: '''they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]'''. Selah.
: [[Jeremiah 5]]:26  For '''among my people are found wicked [men]''': they lay '''wait, as he that setteth snares'''; they set a trap, '''they catch men'''.
:  Jeremiah 16:16  Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and '''they shall hunt them from every mountain''', and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
: [[Lamentations 4]]:18  '''They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets''': our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
: [[Habakkuk 1]]:15  They take up all of them with the angle, '''they catch them in their net''', and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16  Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their meat plenteous. 17  Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare '''continually to slay the nations'''?
* We see the same problem in [[Ezekiel 22]]:25  because '' "[There is] a conspiracy'' of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; ...26  Her priests have violated my law..."
* [[Revelation 18]]:10  Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city [[Babylon]], that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 11  And '''the merchants of the earth''' shall weep and mourn...12  The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls,... and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.14  And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15  The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16  And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17  For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And ... stood afar off,"</Ref>
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1 ¶ Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
'''Wait for the God of Salvation'''
 
1 ¶ Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer [[fruit]]s, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
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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 [[snare|net]].
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for [[blood]]<Ref>{{01818}}</Ref>; they hunt<Ref name="hunt">{{06679}}</Ref> every man his brother with a [[snare|net]].<Ref name="v2"></Ref>
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That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward<Ref>{{07966}}</Ref>; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire:<Ref>[[Micah 3]]:11  The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.</Ref> so they wrap it up.
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The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
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For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
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Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my [[salvation]]: my God will [[hear]] me.<Ref>[[1 Samuel 8]]:18  And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.</Ref>
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Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness<Ref name="sit">[[Psalms 107]]:10  Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;
: [[Isaiah 42]]:7  To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
:  [[Micah 7]]:8  Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.
: [[Luke 1]]:79  To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.</Ref>, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
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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.
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]].
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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.
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.
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In that day also he shall come even to thee 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.
In that day also he shall come even to thee 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.
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Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Notwithstanding the land [[Dry bones|shall be desolate]] because of them that dwell therein, for the [[Doers|fruit of their doings]].
 
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Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel<Ref>{{03760}}</Ref>: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
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According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
According to the days of thy coming out of the land of [[Egypt]] will I shew unto him marvellous things.
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The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
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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 thee.
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 thee.
'''God's Steadfast Love and Compassio'''n
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Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth [[iniquity]], and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in [[mercy]].
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He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our [[iniquity|iniquities]]; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
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Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to [[Abraham]], which thou hast sworn unto our [[fathers]] from the days of old.


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The Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah for which they were destroyed was because they could not find ten righteous men.[1]
But "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen[2] the hand of the poor and needy." Ezekiel 16:49
That destruction was clearly connected to a snare and net[3] mentioned in Psalm..." [4] Proverbs 1, and Paul.[5]
The Corban of the Pharisees undermined the relation of the family mentioned in verse 5 so children did no more ought for their parents which is a goal of communism.
Nimrod in Genesis 10:9 and Esau in Genesis 25:27 were hunters but here we see a similar but different word where brother hunts[6] the blood of brother in verse 2.[7]
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Have we returned to The mire and do we see people who have become perfect savages who rioting in the streets? Have we been biting one another lurking privily for gain greedily at the expense of our brother through covetous practices by applying to rulers who call themselves benefactors. Will God Hear us when we cry out?
Have we elected men who could exercise authority against the warnings of 1 Samuel 8 rather than gathering in the name of Jesus and as Christ commanded?
If you are saved by the flesh and blood of Jesus why do you eat of the Flesh pots of the world and drink the blood of your neighbor through those covetous practices of the Imperial Cult of Rome?
Early Christians were in conflict with the Corban of Herod, the Pharisees, and Rome so why does the Modern Christian have such an appetite for the wages of unrighteousness and "the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked"[8] which is where the workers of iniquity live?
We should attend to the weightier matters by seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
The solution remains the way of Christ and doing what he commanded and forming a daily ministration through a network of charity and love.
Join the Network.
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Wait for the God of Salvation

1 ¶ Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood[9]; they hunt[6] every man his brother with a net.[7] 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward[10]; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire:[11] so they wrap it up. 4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.[12] 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness[13], the LORD shall be a light unto me. 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. 10 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. 11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. 12 In that day also he shall come even to thee 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. 13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel[14]: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 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 thee.

God's Steadfast Love and Compassion


18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.


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  1. ↑ Genesis 18:23 "And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes: 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for [lack of] five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy [it]. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do [it] for forty’s sake. 30 And he said [unto him], Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do [it], if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for twenty’s sake. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten’s sake.
  2. ↑ 02388 ^קזח^ chazaq \@khaw-zak’\@ a primitive root ChetZayinKuf; v; {See TWOT on 636} AV-strong 48, repair 47, hold 37, strengthened 28, strengthen 14, harden 13, prevail 10, encourage 9, take 9, courage 8, caught 5, stronger 5, hold 5, misc 52; 290
    1) to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to be strong, grow strong
    1a1a) to prevail, prevail upon
    1a1b) to be firm, be caught fast, be secure
    1a1c) to press, be urgent
    1a1d) to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense)
    1a1e) to be severe, be grievous
    1a2) to strengthen
    1b) (Piel)
    1b1) to make strong
    1b2) to restore to strength, give strength
    1b3) to strengthen, sustain, encourage
    1b4) to make strong, make bold, encourage
    1b5) to make firm
    1b6) to make rigid, make hard
    1c) (Hiphil)
    1c1) to make strong, strengthen
    1c2) to make firm
    1c3) to display strength
    1c4) to make severe
    1c5) to support
    1c6) to repair
    1c7) to prevail, prevail upon
    1c8) to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support
    1c9) to hold, contain
    1d) (Hithpael)
    1d1) to strengthen oneself
    1d2) to put forth strength, use one’s strength
    1d3) to withstand
    1d4) to hold strongly with
    • ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)
    • זָ ז Zayin The "Crowned" head. The Service and Valor, cut and bread, war and nourish. [weapon.... Cut, to cut off, manacle] (Numeric value: 7)
    • ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
    • Three words used to describe the hardened 03515 kebed, 07185 qashah, 02388 chazaq heart of the Pharaoh by Moses.
  3. ↑ Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, (2) "With a net.—The net, which in the Hebrew term comes from a verb meaning to shut up" or "With a net; which is spread beforehand, and laid close; so it is secret, premeditated cruelty and rapine they do universally exercise against each other." Matthew Poole's Commentary.
  4. ↑ Psalms 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.
    Psalms 10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
    Psalms 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
    Psalms 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.
    Psalms 106:36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
    Psalms 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
  5. ↑ Romans 11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
    1 Corinthians 7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
    1 Timothy 3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
    1 Timothy 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
    2 Timothy 2:26 And [that] they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 06679 ^דוצ^ TzadikVavDalet tsuwd \@tsood\@ a primitive root; v; AV-hunt 13, take 2, chased 1, provision 1, sore 1; 18
    1) to hunt
    1a) (Qal) to hunt
    1b) (Poel) to hunt, hunt eagerly or keenly
    1c) (Hithpael) take provision
    • צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
    • ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
    • ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
    • Micah 7:2 we see06679 with additional letters יָצ֥וּדוּ YodTzadikVavDaletVav yā·ṣū·ḏū
    • Nimrod in Genesis 10:9 was said to be a mighty hunter using 06718 צַיִד‎ tsayid TzadikYodDalet
    • Esau was a cunning hunter 06718 Genesis 25:27 צַיִד‎ TzadikYodDalet
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Cross refference verses for verse 2
    Psalms 12:1 ¶ «To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.» Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
    Psalms 14:1 ¶ «To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.» The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
    Psalms 14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.
    Psalms 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
    Isaiah 57:1 ¶ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].
    Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips: 14 Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet [are] swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery [are] in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
    Proverbs 1:10 ¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.19 So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
    20 ¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
    Leviticus 17:4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:
    Ezekiel 16:38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
    Ezekiel 22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.<02154>10 In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. 11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
    Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
    Proverbs 12:6 ¶ The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
    Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.
    Jeremiah 5:16 Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
    Psalms 57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.
    Jeremiah 5:26 For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
    Jeremiah 16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
    Lamentations 4:18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
    Habakkuk 1:15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their meat plenteous. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
    • We see the same problem in Ezekiel 22:25 because "[There is] a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; ...26 Her priests have violated my law..."
    • Revelation 18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn...12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls,... and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
    15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! 17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And ... stood afar off,"
  8. ↑ Micah 6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?
  9. ↑ 01818 ^םד^ DaletMem dam \@dawm\@ from 01826דָּמַם‎ DaletMemMem silent still (compare 0119), Greek 184 ~Ακελδαμα~; n m; AV -blood 342, bloody 15, person + 05315, bloodguiltiness 1, bloodthirsty + 0582 1, vr blood 1; 361
    1) blood
    1a) of wine (fig.)
    • Micah 7:2 term blood is not merely the common DalethMem but לְדָמִ֣ים LamedDaletMemYodMem and we see the similar lə·ḏā·mām לְדָמָ֣ם LamedDaletMemMem in Proverbs 1:18
    • ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
    • מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
  10. ↑ 07966 שִׁלּוּם‎ ShimLamedVavMem shilluwm [shil-loom’] orשׁלם‎ shillum [shil-loom’]from 07999 ShimLamedMem; n m; [BDB-1024a] [{See TWOT on 2401 @@ "2401h" }] AV-recompense 2, reward 1; 3
    1) requital, reward
    1a) requital, retribution
    1b) reward, bribe
  11. ↑ Micah 3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
  12. ↑ 1 Samuel 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
  13. ↑ Psalms 107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;
    Isaiah 42:7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
    Micah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.
    Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  14. ↑ 03760 כַּרְמֶל‎ Karmel [kar-mel’] the same as 03759 a fruitful field; n pr loc; [BDB-502a] [{See TWOT on 1042 }] AV-Carmel 26; 26 Carmel= "garden-land"
    1) a mountain on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, just below Haifa
    2) a town in the mountains on the west side of the Dead Sea and south of Hebron
    • God wants us to be fruitful.
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