Micah 7:14-20
Christian Standard Bible
Micah’s Prayer Answered
14 Shepherd your people(A) with your staff,(B)
the flock that is your possession.
They live alone(C) in a woodland
surrounded by pastures.
Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead(D)
as in ancient times.(E)
15 I will perform miracles for them[a]
as in the days of your exodus
from the land of Egypt.(F)
16 Nations will see and be ashamed
of[b] all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths,(G)
and their ears will become deaf.
17 They will lick the dust like a snake;(H)
they will come trembling out of their hiding places(I)
like reptiles slithering on the ground.(J)
They will tremble in the presence of the Lord our God;(K)
they will stand in awe of you.
18 Who is a God like you,(L)
forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion(M)
for the remnant of his inheritance?(N)
He does not hold on to his anger forever(O)
because he delights in faithful love.(P)
19 He will again have compassion on us;
he will vanquish our iniquities.(Q)
You will cast all our[c] sins
into the depths of the sea.(R)
20 You will show loyalty to Jacob(S)
and faithful love to Abraham,
as you swore to our ancestors(T)
from days long ago.
Micah 7:14-20
English Standard Version
14 (A)Shepherd your people (B)with your staff,
the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
(C)in the midst of (D)a garden land;[a]
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
15 (E)As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
I will show them[b] marvelous things.
16 (F)The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
(G)they shall lay their hands on their mouths;
their ears shall be deaf;
17 (H)they shall lick the dust like a serpent,
like the crawling things of the earth;
(I)they shall come trembling out of their strongholds;
(J)they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,
and they shall be in fear of you.
God's Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 (K)Who is a God like you, (L)pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
(M)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(N)He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will (O)again have compassion on us;
(P)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(Q)You will cast all our[c] sins
into the depths of the sea.
20 (R)You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
(S)as you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:14 Hebrew of Carmel
- Micah 7:15 Hebrew him
- Micah 7:19 Hebrew their
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