Micah 7:14-20

International Standard Version

¹⁴ Use your rod to shepherd your people,
    the flock that belongs to you,
        that lives alone in the forest of Carmel.
Let them find pasture in Bashan and Gilead,
    as they did long ago.
¹⁵ As I did when^[a] you came out of the land of Egypt,
    I will show you^[b] awesome things.
¹⁶ The nations will look on
    and will be ashamed in spite of all their power;
they will cup their hands over their mouths,
    and their ears will be deaf.
¹⁷ They will lick the dust like a serpent;
    they will crawl from their strongholds like snakes.
They will fear the Lord our God.
    They will be terrified because of you.

He is not angry forever,
    because he delights in gracious love.
¹⁹ He will again show us compassion;
    he will subdue our iniquities.

You will hurl all their sins into the deepest sea.
²⁰ You will remain true to Jacob,
    and merciful to Abraham,
as you promised our ancestors long ago.