Micah 7:14-20
Holman 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 Yahweh our God;(K)
they will stand in awe of You.
18 Who is a God like You,(L)
removing 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 fathers(T)
from days long ago.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:15 = Israel
- Micah 7:16 Or ashamed in spite of
- Micah 7:19 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read their
Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
