Micah 7:19

Forgiveness Mercy and compassion Sin Guilt and conscience

¹⁷ They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

¹⁸ Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

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.

²⁰ You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
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.
WEB: He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
ASV: He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
DARBY: He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
BLB: He will turn back, He will have compassion on us, He will subdue our iniquities. And You will cast into the depths of the sea all our sins.

ÅB: Han skal igjen forbarme seg over oss
og trå misgjerningene våre under fot.
Du skal kaste alle syndene deres i havets dyp.
OTB: Han vil igjen vise medfølelse med oss;
Han vil overvinne våre urettferdigheter.
Ja, Du vil kaste alle deres synder
I havets dyp.
B1930: Han skal igjen forbarme sig over oss, han skal trede våre misgjerninger under føtter. Du skal kaste alle deres synder i havets dyp.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 38:17
Surely 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.
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Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
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Romans 6:14
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
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Jeremiah 31:34
No 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.”
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Psalms 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
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Jeremiah 50:20
In 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.
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Titus 2:14
He 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.
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1 John 3:8
The 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.
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