Micah 7:10 (DBY)

Passage

And mine enemy shall see [it], and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall behold her; now shall she be trodden down, as the mire of the streets.

Nearby Context

Micah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.

Micah 7:9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah for I have sinned against him until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness.

Micah 7:10 And mine enemy shall see [it], and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall behold her; now shall she be trodden down, as the mire of the streets.

Micah 7:11 In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede.

Micah 7:12 In that day they shall come to thee from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mine", "enemy", "shall", "shame", "cover", "said", and "where". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mine" and "enemy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "I will bear the indignation of Jehovah..." into verse 11's "In the day when thy walls shall...", so "mine" and "enemy" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "mine" and "enemy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.