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Micah 7:11-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Micah 7:11-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A Prophecy of Restoration
11 A day for the building of your walls!
In that day the boundary shall be far extended.
12 In that day they will come to you,
from Assyria to[a] Egypt,
and from Egypt to the River,
from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.
13 But the earth will be desolate
because of its inhabitants,
for the fruit of their doings.
14 Shepherd thy people with thy staff,
the flock of thy inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
in the midst of a garden land;
let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt
I will show them[b] marvelous things.
16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
they shall lay their hands on their mouths;
their ears shall be deaf;
17 they shall lick the dust like a serpent,
like the crawling things of the earth;
they shall come trembling out of their strongholds,
they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,
and they shall fear because of thee.
God’s Compassion and Steadfast Love
18 Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
for the remnant of his inheritance?
He does not retain his anger for ever
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will again have compassion upon us,
he will tread our iniquities under foot.
Thou wilt cast all our[c] sins
into the depths of the sea.
20 Thou wilt show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
as thou hast sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:12 Cn: Heb and cities of
- Micah 7:15 Heb him
- Micah 7:19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb their
Micah 7:11-20
New International Version
Micah 7:11-20
New International Version
11 The day for building your walls(A) will come,
the day for extending your boundaries.
12 In that day people will come to you
from Assyria(B) and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
and from sea to sea
and from mountain to mountain.(C)
13 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
as the result of their deeds.(D)
Prayer and Praise
14 Shepherd(E) your people with your staff,(F)
the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
in fertile pasturelands.[a](G)
Let them feed in Bashan(H) and Gilead(I)
as in days long ago.(J)
15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders.(K)”
16 Nations will see and be ashamed,(L)
deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths(M)
and their ears will become deaf.
17 They will lick dust(N) like a snake,
like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling(O) out of their dens;
they will turn in fear(P) to the Lord our God
and will be afraid of you.
18 Who is a God(Q) like you,
who pardons sin(R) and forgives(S) the transgression
of the remnant(T) of his inheritance?(U)
You do not stay angry(V) forever
but delight to show mercy.(W)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities(X) into the depths of the sea.(Y)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
and show love to Abraham,(Z)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors(AA)
in days long ago.(AB)
Footnotes
- Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel
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