Bible in Basic English
The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.
They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.
Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.
— Micah 7:16-1964, Bible in Basic English
“The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. ”
But the land will become a waste because of its people, as the fruit of their works.
Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.
As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, let us see things of wonder.
The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.
They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.
Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.