Micah 7:18-20

God's Steadfast Love and Compassion

18 ¹Who is a God like you, ²pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression ³for the remnant of his inheritance? ⁴He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

19 He will ⁵again have compassion on us; ⁶he will tread our iniquities underfoot. ⁷You will cast all our^[a] sins into the depths of the sea.

20 ⁸You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, ⁹as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

Micah 7:18-20 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.

Cross References

• 1. See Exodus 15:11
• 2. Jeremiah 50:20; See Exodus 34:7
• 3. Jeremiah 50:20; See Exodus 34:7
• 4. Psalms 103:9
• 5. Psalms 80:14
• 6. [Romans 6:14]
• 7. [Isaiah 38:17]
• 8. [Luke 1:72, 73]
• 9. Psalms 105:9, 10

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew their