Micah 7 · Verse 19

Micah 7:19

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

Micah 7:19 in other translations

BSBHe will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
WEBHe 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.
ASVHe 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.
YLTHe doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.
DARBYHe 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.
BBEHe will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
WebsterHe 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.

What does Micah 7:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. turn again--to us, from having been turned away from us. subdue our iniquities--literally, "tread under foot," as being hostile and deadly to us. Without subjugation of our bad propensities, even pardon could not give us peace. When God takes away the guilt of sin that it may not condemn us, He takes away also the power of sin that it may not rule us. cast ... into ... depths of the sea--never to rise again to view, buried out of sight in eternal oblivion: not merely at the shore side, where they may rise again. our ... their--change of person. Micah in the first case identifying himself and his sins with his people and their sins; in the second, speaking of them and their sins.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 7:14-20

When God is about to deliver his people, he stirs up their friends to pray for them. Apply spiritually the prophet's prayer to Christ, to take care of his church, as the great Shepherd of the sheep, and to go before them, while they are here in this world as in a wood, in this world but not of it. God promises in answer to this prayer, he will do that for them which shall be repeating the miracles of former ages. As…

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Micah 7:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יָשׁ֣וּבya.Shuvhe will returnH7725
יְרַֽחֲמֵ֔נוּye.ra.cha.Me.nuhe will have compassion on usH7355
יִכְבֹּ֖שׁyikh.Boshhe will subdueH3533
עֲוֹֽנֹתֵ֑ינוּ'a.vo.no.Tei.nuiniquities ourH5771
וְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְve.tash.Likhso you may castH7993
בִּמְצֻל֥וֹתbim.tzu.Lotin [the] depths ofH4688
יָ֖םyam[the] seaH3220
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
חַטֹּאותָֽם\׃cha.to.Tamsins theirH2403

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Cross references for Micah 7:19

  • Isaiah 38:17

    Behold, 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.

  • Isaiah 43:25

    I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

  • Romans 6:14

    For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

  • Jeremiah 31:34

    And 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.

  • Psalms 103:12

    As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

  • Jeremiah 50:20

    In 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.

  • Titus 2:14

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • 1 John 3:8

    He 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.

  • Romans 8:2-3

    For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

  • Romans 8:13

    For 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.

  • Romans 7:23-25

    But 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. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

  • Ezekiel 36:25-27

    Then 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. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
turn.
De 30:3; 32:36; Ezr 9:8,9; Ps 90:13,14; Isa 63:15-17; Jer 31:20
La 3:32; Ho 14:4
subdue.
De 30:6; Ps 130:8; Eze 11:19,20; 36:25-27; Ro 6:14,17-22; 7:23-25
Ro 8:2,3,13; Tit 2:14; Jas 4:5,6; 1Jo 3:8
cast.
Ps 103:12; Isa 38:17; Jer 50:20; Da 9:24

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Context

  • Micah 7:18

    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.

  • Micah 7:19

    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 7:20

    Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

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Micah 7:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El tornará, él tendrá misericordia de nosotros; él sujetará nuestras iniquidades, y echará en los profundos de la mar todos nuestros pecados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il aura encore une fois compassion de nous, il mettra sous ses pieds nos iniquités; et tu jetteras tous leurs péchés dans les profondeurs de la mer.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er wird sich unser wieder erbarmen, wird unsere Ungerechtigkeiten niedertreten; und du wirst alle ihre Sünden in die Tiefen des Meeres werfen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Revertetur, et miserebitur nostri; deponet iniquitates nostras, et projiciet in profundum maris omnia peccata nostra.