Micah 7

{God says,} “Yes, just as I did long ago when I rescued your ancestors from Egypt, I will do amazing things for you.” \* 16 People from many nations will see {what God does for his people}, and what they see will humiliate them because they thought that they were powerful, but they are not. They will be so amazed that they will be unable to say or hear anything. 17 They will grovel on the ground like a snake, like an insect in the dirt. {They will be so afraid that} they will come trembling from their fortresses. They will be very afraid as they approach God, the God whom we worship. They will be afraid because of you, {God}. \* 18 {God,} no other God is like you! You forgive the sins of the people who have remained faithful to you, those who belong to you. You do not stay angry forever because you are the one who delights in faithfully loving us. \* 19 You will be merciful to us once again. You will completely forgive all of our sins, as though you are throwing them into the deepest part of the ocean. 20 You will show the descendants of Jacob that you are trustworthy, and you will faithfully love the descendants of Abraham, just as you solemnly promised to our ancestors long ago.