¹⁶ The nations shall see and be ashamed
    of all their might;
they shall lay their hands on their mouths;
    their ears shall be deaf;
¹⁷ they shall lick dust like a snake,
    like the crawling things of the earth;
they shall come trembling out of their fortresses;
    they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,
    and they shall stand in fear of you.

¹⁸ Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
    and passing over the transgression
    of the remnant of your^[a] possession?
He does not retain his anger forever,
    because he delights in showing clemency.