Micah 7:15-20

15 ¹As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them^[a] marvelous things.

16 ²The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; ³they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;

17 ⁴they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; ⁵they shall come trembling out of their strongholds; ⁶they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God, and they shall be in fear of you.

God's Steadfast Love and Compassion

18 ⁷Who is a God like you, ⁸pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression ⁹for the remnant of his inheritance? ¹⁰He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

19 He will ¹¹again have compassion on us; ¹²he will tread our iniquities underfoot. ¹³You will cast all our^[b] sins into the depths of the sea.

20 ¹⁴You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, ¹⁵as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

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Micah 7:15-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 7

This chapter begins with a lamentation of the prophet, in the name of the church and people of God, concerning the general depravity and corruption of the times in which he lived, Mic 7:1-6; then declares what he was determined to do for his relief in such circumstances, Mic 7:7; comforts himself and the church with a good hope and firm belief of its being otherwise and better with them, to the shame and confusion of their enemies that now rejoiced, though without just reason for it, Mic 7:8-10; with promises of deliverance, after a desolation of the land for some time, Mic 7:11-13; and with the answer returned to the prayers of the prophet, Mic 7:14,15; which would issue in the astonishment of the world, and their subjection to the church of God, Mic 7:16,17; and the chapter is concluded with admiration at the pardoning grace and mercy of God, and his faithfulness to his promises, Mic 7:18-20.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 15

1. Psalms 78:12; See Isaiah 11:16
2. [Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 52:15]
3. See Judges 18:19
4. Psalms 72:9; Isaiah 49:23
5. Psalms 18:45
6. [Micah 4:1]
7. See Exodus 15:11
8. Jeremiah 50:20; See Exodus 34:7
9. Jeremiah 50:20; See Exodus 34:7
10. Psalms 103:9
11. Psalms 80:14
12. [Romans 6:14]
13. [Isaiah 38:17]
14. [Luke 1:72, 73]
15. Psalms 105:9, 10

Footnotes 2

[a]. Hebrew him
[b]. Hebrew their

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