You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
- KJV Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
- NKJV You will give truth to Jacob And mercy to Abraham, Which You have sworn to our fathers From days of old.
- NASB You will give truth to Jacob And favor to Abraham, Which You swore to our forefathers From the days of old.
- NLT You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.
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God will keep the faithfulness and mercy He swore to Abraham and Jacob long ago. The book closes by grounding salvation in God's unbreakable covenant promises.
Overview
Micah ends by anchoring all this mercy in the ancient covenant oaths to Jacob and Abraham, God's truth and steadfast love sworn "from the days of old." Israel's hope rests not on its own worth but on God's sworn faithfulness. These promises to Abraham find their fulfillment in Christ, the seed of Abraham through whom all nations are blessed (Galatians 3).
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- Gen 28:13–14And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
- Luke 1:72–74to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
- Luke 1:54–55He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
- Acts 3:25–26And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
- Heb 6:13–18When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
- Gen 17:7–8I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Gen 12:2–3I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Gen 26:3–4Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- Gen 22:16–18saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- Ps 105:8–10He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
- Jer 33:25–26This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
- Deut 7:8But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Rom 11:26–31And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
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