Micah 7:18 BSB — MannaFest

Micah 7:18

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?

BSB

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ASV

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.

KJV

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Who is a God like unto thee, etc - Here is a challenge to all idol worshippers, and to all those who take false views of the true God, to show his like. See his characters; they are immediately subjoined. 1. He pardoneth iniquity. This is the prerogative of God alone; of that Being who alone has power to save or to destroy. 2. He passeth by transgression. He can heal backsliding, and restore them that are fallen.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God having promised to bring back the captivity of his people, the prophet, on that occasion, admires pardoning mercy, as that which was at the bottom of it. As it was their sin that brought them into bondage, so it was God's pardoning their sin that brought them our of it;

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3317: “A Sweet Bow” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1912)

Sons of men, rejoice that such a God has revealed Himself to you! This should cause a universal Hallelujah, the whole world over, as soon as ever it is heard! "He delights in mercy." Clap your hands and rejoice before Him! Yes, exceedingly rejoice! The heathen did not find this out. Although they had many gods, differing one from another in character, none of them were ever gods of mercy! They were usually fierce demons—some of them only rejoicing in the exaction of human blood.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִי־	mi-	who?	H4310 →
אֵ֣ל	'el	[is] a God	H410 →
כָּמ֗וֹךָ	ka.Mo.kha	like you	H3644 →
נֹשֵׂ֤א	no.Se'	[who] forgives	H5375 →
עָוֹן֙	'a.Von	iniquity	H5771 →
וְעֹבֵ֣ר	ve.'o.Ver	and [who] passes	H5674 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
פֶּ֔שַׁע	Pe.sha'	transgression	H6588 →
לִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית	lish.'e.Rit	to [the] remnant of	H7611 →
נַחֲלָת֑וֹ	na.cha.la.To	inheritance his	H5159 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הֶחֱזִ֤יק	he.che.Zik	he keeps hold of	H2388 →
לָעַד֙	la.'Ad	for ever	H5703 →
אַפּ֔וֹ	'a.Po	anger his	H639 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
חָפֵ֥ץ	cha.Fetz	[is one] desirous of	H2655 →
חֶ֖סֶד	Che.sed	covenant loyalty	H2617 →
הֽוּא׃	Hu'	he	H1931 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
leads to
- 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 8:12
  For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Micah 7:18–19
  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?
- Hebrews 10:17
  Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
- Isaiah 1:18
  “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Through
Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
leads to
- Isaiah 43:25
  I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 6:20
  you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
- Acts 3:18–19
  But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

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Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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Forgiveness
God's uniqueness is defined by his delight in pardoning iniquity rather than retaining anger
Mercy
God's pardon is grounded in that 'he delighteth in mercy,' not in Israel's merit.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Micah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Micah