Micah 7:18-20
“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.”
King James Version
God's final act of casting Israel's sins into the sea, the ultimate application of divine forgiveness.
Fulfillment References
Hebrews 8:12 Jeremiah 31:34
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity... he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.' The incomparable God delights in mercy and casts sin away — fulfilled in the Lord Jesus, in whom God forgives sins and remembers them no more (Heb. 8:12). The pardoning God Micah marvels at is God revealed in Christ, who bore our sins to cast them away for ever.
JewishThe book's closing doxology — the LORD's incomparable, delighting mercy that pardons Israel's sin and keeps His covenant with Abraham; a beloved text (read at Tashlich).
CatholicGod's incomparable mercy that casts sins into the sea, fulfilled in the forgiveness won by Christ.
ProtestantThe God who delights in mercy and removes sin, fulfilled in Christ's atonement and full forgiveness (Heb. 8:12).
AcademicA hymnic conclusion praising the LORD's pardoning incomparability ('mi-El kamokha,' a wordplay on Micah's own name); used liturgically at Tashlich.
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