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He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
Micah 7:19 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
  • KJV 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.
  • NKJV He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.
  • NASB He will again take pity on us; He will trample on our wrongdoings. Yes, You will cast all their sins Into the depths of the sea.
  • NLT Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!

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Quick answer

God will again show compassion, subdue His people's iniquities, and cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. It pictures the complete and final removal of forgiven sin.

Overview

Micah celebrates that the LORD will tread their sins underfoot and hurl them into the sea's depths, an image of decisive, total forgiveness. The God who once drowned Pharaoh's army now drowns His people's sins. This is gospel hope: in Christ our sins are not merely overlooked but removed completely, remembered against us no more.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 26

  • Isa 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
  • Rom 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
  • Isa 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
  • Jer 31:34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
  • Jer 50:20In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
  • Ps 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
  • Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  • 1 Jn 3:8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
  • Rom 8:2–3For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
  • Rom 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  • Ps 130:8And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
  • Rom 7:23–25But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
  • Hos 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
  • Ezek 36:25–27I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  • Isa 63:15–17Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
  • Ezek 11:19–20And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
  • Jas 4:5–6Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
  • Ps 90:13–14Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
  • Rom 6:17–22But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
  • Deut 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
  • Deut 32:36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
  • Jer 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
  • Lam 3:32Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
  • Dan 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  • Ezra 9:8–9But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
  • Deut 30:3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Micah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

Micah names the town — 'But you, Bethlehem... from you shall come forth one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origins are from of old' — the birthplace of the eternal King.

How Micah 7:19 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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