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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.
Micah 7:19 · King James Version
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.
  • BSB 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.
  • 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 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
  • Rom 6:14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
  • Isa 43:25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
  • Jer 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
  • Jer 50:20In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
  • Ps 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
  • Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
  • 1 Jn 3:8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
  • Rom 8:2–3For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
  • Rom 8:13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
  • Ps 130:8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
  • Rom 7:23–25But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
  • Hos 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
  • Ezek 36:25–27Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
  • Isa 63:15–17Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
  • Ezek 11:19–20And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
  • Jas 4:5–6Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
  • Ps 90:13–14Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
  • Rom 6:17–22But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
  • Deut 30:6And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
  • Deut 32:36For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
  • Jer 31:20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
  • Lam 3:32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
  • Dan 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
  • Ezra 9:8–9And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
  • Deut 30:3That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

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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

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

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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