Israel’s Great Misery
(Matthew 10:34–39; Luke 12:49–53)
Woe is me! Isa 28:4Hos 9:10Isa 24:13Isa 17:6Isa 24:16Isa 6:5Jer 15:10Jer 4:31
For I am like one gathering summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster to eat,
no early fig that I crave.
The godly man has perished from the earth; Psa 12:1Isa 57:1Isa 59:7Jer 5:26Psa 14:1-3Pro 1:11Jer 16:161Sa 24:11
there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
they hunt one another with a net.
Both hands are skilled at evil; Mic 3:11Pro 4:16-17Amo 5:12Jer 8:101Co 4:51Ki 21:9-14Ezk 22:27Ezk 22:6
the prince and the judge demand a bribe.
When the powerful utters his evil desire,
they all conspire together.
The best of them is like a brier; Isa 22:5Ezk 2:6Isa 10:32Sa 23:6-7Hos 9:7-8Amo 8:2Ezk 12:23-24Heb 6:8
the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns.
The day for your watchmen has come,
the day of your visitation. 1
Now is the time of their confusion.
Do not rely on a friend; Jer 9:4Psa 118:8-9Mat 10:16Job 6:14-15Jdg 16:5-20
do not trust in a companion.
Seal the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms. 2
For a son dishonors his father, Mat 10:35-36Luk 12:53Mat 10:21Psa 41:92Ti 3:2-3Ezk 22:7Psa 55:12-14Luk 21:16
a daughter rises against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
A man’s enemies are the members
of his own household. 3
Israel’s Confession and Comfort
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; Lam 3:25-26Psa 37:71Jn 5:14-15Isa 45:22Isa 25:9Psa 27:12-14Psa 34:5-6Psa 40:1-3
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Jhn 8:12Psa 27:1Isa 9:2Psa 112:4Pro 24:16-18Psa 107:10-15Oba 1:122Co 4:6
Though I have fallen, I will arise;
though I sit in darkness,
the LORD will be my light.
Because I have sinned against Him, 1Co 4:5Psa 37:61Sa 24:152Th 1:5-10Heb 12:6-72Ti 4:8Lam 3:39-42Mal 3:18
I must endure the rage of the LORD,
until He argues my case
and executes justice for me.
He will bring me into the light;
I will see His righteousness.
Then my enemy will see Jer 50:33-34Psa 42:10Zec 10:52Sa 22:43Jol 2:17Psa 18:42Psa 35:26Rev 18:20
and will be covered with shame—
she who said to me,
“Where is the LORD your God?”
My eyes will see her;
at that time she will be trampled
like mud in the streets.
The day for rebuilding your walls will come— Amo 9:11-15Neh 2:8Ezr 4:12-24Isa 54:11Neh 2:17Neh 3:1-16Neh 4:3Neh 4:6
the day for extending your boundary.
On that day they will come to you Isa 19:23-25Hos 11:11Isa 11:16Ezk 29:21Ezk 37:21Isa 27:12-13Isa 43:6Isa 49:12
from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates, 4
from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
Then the earth will become desolate Isa 3:10-11Jer 25:11Jer 17:10Mic 6:13Dan 4:26-27Gal 6:7-8Isa 24:3-8Isa 6:11-13
because of its inhabitants,
as the fruit of their deeds.
God’s Compassion on Israel
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, Psa 23:1-4Mic 5:4Psa 100:3Isa 40:11Isa 49:10Jhn 10:27-30Amo 9:11Isa 37:24
the flock of Your inheritance.
They live alone in a woodland,
surrounded by pastures. 5
Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead,
as in the days of old.
As in the days when you came out of Egypt, Psa 78:12-72Exo 3:20Isa 51:9Isa 11:16Isa 63:11-15Jer 23:7-8Psa 68:22
I will show My wonders.
Nations will see and be ashamed, Isa 26:11Isa 52:15Job 29:9-10Job 40:4Ezk 38:23Ezk 39:17-21Isa 66:18Job 21:5
deprived of all their might.
They will put their hands over their mouths,
and their ears will become deaf.
They will lick the dust like a snake, Isa 49:23Psa 72:9Psa 18:45Gen 3:14-15Rev 6:15-171Sa 14:11Exo 15:14-16Isa 2:19-21
like reptiles slithering on the ground.
They will crawl from their holes
in the presence of the LORD our God;
they will tremble in fear of You.
Who is a God like You, Isa 43:25Isa 44:22Eph 2:4-5Psa 103:8-9Jer 50:20Act 13:38-39Jer 32:41Exo 15:11
who pardons iniquity
and passes over the transgression
of the remnant of His inheritance—
who does not retain His anger forever,
because He delights in loving devotion? 6
He will again have compassion on us; Isa 38:17Isa 43:25Rom 6:14Jer 31:34Jer 50:20Psa 103:12Tit 2:141Jn 3:8
He will vanquish our iniquities.
You will cast out all our sins
into the depths of the sea.
You will show faithfulness to Jacob Gen 28:13-14Luk 1:72-74Act 3:25-26Deu 7:8Gen 12:2-3Gen 17:7-8Gen 22:16-18Gen 26:3-4
and loving devotion to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from the days of old.