And hence it appears very clear from this passage, that the Papacy is a horrible abyss; for no one under that system can have a firm footing, so as to be fully persuaded that God will be merciful to him; for all that they have are mere conjectures. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; though cast down, God's believing people were not destroyed from the face of the earth; and short would be the triumphing of their enemies; when I fall, I shall arise, strengthened with divine power; when I sit in darkness, disconsolate, dejected, the Lord shall be a light unto me, reviving, comforting, and quickening me, and bringing me out of all my afflictions; and thus at all times ought believers to stay themselves upon him. our … their—change of person. Spoken after the manner of man, who in his anger went away, resolved to right himself, but on second thoughts, laying aside his anger, turns again to be reconciled and forgive. If, then, God may be said in a metaphor to cast sin into the sea, may we not literally say the same of the suffering? Compare 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." Sin is frequently personified in. 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." Our sins are here represented as our enemies; God subdues them; and then in the next line the simile is continued, they are to be drowned like Pharaoh and his hosts in the depths of the sea. (z) Euripides in Tauro. 2. 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. has, “He will trample under foot our iniquities.” When God forgives the guilt of a sinner’s sins He breaks their power. None can be found like him for the perfections of his nature, and the works of his providence and grace; especially that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage; this being God's distinguishing glory, that he is a pardoning God; and this above all things raises the admiration, and engages the affections of the miserable, broken-hearted sinner: he retaineth not his anger for ever; though for a time, by our unfaithfulness, we provoke him to visit our iniquities with the rod, and our sin with scourges, he is not implacable nor inexorable, if we look to him in true contrition; but ready to receive the returning soul, because he delighteth in mercy, and waits to be gracious; more ready to pardon than we to pray, and willing to give exceeding abundantly beyond all that we can ask or think. I. The words are two clauses of promise, each with its own shade of figurative meaning--a strong shade, and a stronger. The best of them, and bad indeed is that best, is as a brier, mischievous and hurtful; and the most upright is sharper than a thorn-hedge; they who have any transactions with them are sure to be scratched and torn; and for such abominations God will visit them; the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh, the day which the true prophets predicted, and the time when judgment should pass on the wicked watchmen in church and state; now shall be their perplexity, unable to extricate themselves from the troubles in which they were involved. These last two verses are in no sense "a doxology." ), Though the Almighty is absolutely incomprehensible, and cannot be found out to perfection, yet He has explicitly revealed Himself as a God “merciful and gracious, slow to anger and ready to forgive.” And this propitious character of the Deity is peculiarly appropriate and interesting to mankind. Vid. In that day also he shall come even to thee, multitudes of the Jews returning to Jerusalem from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, where they had been captives, and from all places whither they had been dispersed and fled for shelter. The word “pardoneth” in the Hebrew means “to lift up and carry away.” Do not run away with the idea that pardoning is only a matter of uttering a word. “Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” “Sins,” not “iniquities” only, but the gravest as well as the lightest violations of Divine law. Vid. It hath a strong heart, and will not easily yield. He will return, he will pity us, Psychology of Forgiveness. Catullus. He unilaterally acts to preserve his covenant promises, to reveal his character, and to provide an aggressive and all encompassing opposition to anything and … This then is the true logic of religion, that is, when we are persuaded that God is reconcilable and easily pacified, because he is by nature inclined to mercy, and also, when we thus apply this doctrine to ourselves, or to our own peculiar benefit, â As God is by nature merciful, I shall therefore know and find him to be so. The particular turn of the language of the text appears to be taken from the destruction of the hosts of Egypt in the Red Sea. that the sea washes away all the sins of men. â How so? He will then tread down our iniquities; and he will cast (203) into the depth of the sea all their sins; that is our sins shall not come in remembrance before him. He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. When God takes all our iniquities with his own hand, and casts them with his own arm into the depths of the sea, they will never come out of those depths to witness against the family of God in the great and terrible day. The Septuagint renders it επιστρεψει—He will return. With wonder, love, and praise, the prophet beholds what God is about to do for his church. Such is the nature of true faith, sc. It is full of majestic music. It is not a prayer for God to do the glorious things mentioned, but a promise that "HE WILL DO THEM." And this is a further favour (as every former is a pledge of a future). Have you ever tried to trample on your own iniquities? (W. L. 3. He remembers them no more. 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. We are apt to think lightly of sins. The Divine One as effecting the destruction and oblivion of human sins. 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. Without the subjugation of evil propensities, pardon would not be a blessing.â â Ed. An antecedent liability to punishment. 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. Again it is saidF23Ibid. Micah 7:19 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. By force and violence (as the word signifieth), subiugabit, pessundabit, conculcabit. Micah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. 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. The Prophet now prescribes to the faithful a form of glorying, that they may boldly declare that God will be pacified towards them. The subjugation of the power of sin. Micah 7:19 proclaims that God has taken measures to trample down sin, and hurl it into the sea. II. This is an apostrophe of the prophet unto God. The Scripture is very plain and express upon this point. He will subdue our iniquities: â The prophet’s apostrophe to Jehovah in the last verses, both in the clearness of its views and the fulness of its statements, is one well suited to the Christian. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all. As Israel's foe, Babylon-both the literal and the spiritual Babylon-shall sink to rise no more: like the stone cast by Seraiah into the Euphrates (in Jeremiah 51:61-64), and like "the great millstone" cast by the angel into the sea (in Revelation 18:21), so Israel's sins shall be "cast into the depths," never to rise against her. 1. We cannot receive them on the ground of personal worthiness or human merit. Infinite mercy has graciously provided a way of salvation, by faith in Jesus Christ, which is perfectly consistent with Divine justice, and admirably suited to the necessitous circumstances of the “world that lieth in wickedness.”, I. It is much to be released from sin’s captivity, to have its iron yoke removed, and the foul garments of its bondage torn away. God will hear us. He subdues them, meaning He hunts them down and captures them. He will turn again, and have compassion upon us. It follows â for I will run over this verse, that I may today finish this Prophet â. He will turn again; spoken after the manner of man, who in his anger went away resolved to right himself, but on second thoughts, laying aside his anger, turns again to be reconciled and forgive. Micah 7:19 in all English translations. Who is a god like unto thee? Therefore will I look unto the Lord ] "Therefore," inasmuch as there is no faith nor fair dealing among men, "I will look unto the Lord"; look wishly and intently, as a watchman in his watch tower doth look as far as ever he can see on every side. 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. NIV, Chronological Study Bible, Hardcover: Holy Bible, New International VersionOur Price: $49.99Buy Now. Sin is sturdy, and will rebel where it cannot reign. (Calmet). 2. Q. “He will subdue our iniquities,” etc. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. In fine at the end he will so mortify the deeds of the body by his Spirit, that sin shall not have dominion over us, Romans 6:14, shall not play Rex King in us; the traveller shall not become the man of the house, as Nathan’s parable speaketh. God's Promises For The Hungry Heart, Twelve. ((x) "Suscipit, O Gelli, quantum non ultima Thetis, Nec genitor lympharum abluit Oceanus". [29] Before concluding this study of Micah, we again call attention to the "remnant" concept which appears on every page of it. 18. Psalm 102:13; Psalm 103:4; Psalm 103:13; Psalm 116:5; Psalm 119:156; Hosea 14:4; Zechariah 10:6). Give your welcome, then, to Him who conquers this haunting throng on your behalf. (w) Ibid. 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. Yahweh would again have compassion (tender, heartfelt concern, Heb. It is wonderful how the ocean has kept its purity, and how the sky has taken the breath of the millions and the smoke of the furnaces, and yet it is as pure as the day God made it. Micah 7:5-6. Israel’s Misery. 2. In a long play on words, Micah warned a number of cities that calamity was coming their way. “We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin” Romans 3:9; “the Scripture hath concluded all under sin” Galatians 3:22. He ends his book with this thought: “He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. âThere is no ground,â he says, âfor rejecting the radical idea of trampling under foot as enemies. The language of the Prophet does however import this, that our sins are then remitted when the records of them are blotted out before God. 1. (y) Oratio 2. pro Sexto Roscio. Away. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!" III. Though God then may not immediately shine on us with his favor, but, on the contrary, treat us sharply and roughly, yet the Prophet teaches us that we are to entertain good hope. As to the ocean, it knows nothing about it. In human pardon there is nothing remarkable save this, that it is often remarkably slow in coming, and as remarkably ungracious when it does come; and that when it is born it is remarkably short lived. There may be an allusion to the deliverance of the Israelites from the Egyptian bondage. He will have compassion upon us; with tender bowels he will show himself gracious to us, Jonah 3:9. II. Losing My Voice To Find It By Mark Stuart. So Iphigenia is made to say (z) that the sea washes away all the sins of men. '', "a sin offering, whose owner is dead, goes into the salt sea.''. We yield them quarter, rations, parole, friendship. (u) T. Hieros. He is a God that lifteth up the iniquity. KJV: King James Version The Targum is, "and he will cast into the depths of the sea all the sins of Israel;', and it may denote their being loathsome and abominable to him, and therefore here cast by him. Mark 4:30. He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. He will turn again - who seemed to be turned away from us when we were turned away from Him. .'. 3. Thou wilt cast: here is a hypallage of the person from the third to the second person, yet without any lessening the sense in strength or clearness. Sin subdued man; it was his lord, a fierce tyrant over him; he could not subdue it. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. 1. Though our sins have been going up to heaven through the generations, yet though thy sins are as crimson, they shall be as wool, as white as snow. The casting of sins into the sea indicated that they would be put completely out of God's sight, "as far as the east is from the west" (Psalms 103:12), and remembered no more forever (Jeremiah 31:34), and "blotted out" (Acts 3:19). Unto Jesus Christ our Lord be the glory, and the power, and the dominion forever and ever. This is not the language of enthusiastic presumption, but of inspired and rational assurance; it is founded on--. They swarm round us, and we cannot subdue them. In the day that thy walls are to be built, the walls of Jerusalem, after their return from Babylon; in that day shall the decree be far removed, which obstructed the building for a while. Their insulting foes shall then be confounded, silent with shame, and stopping their ears, as unwilling to hear the wonders of God's love towards his faithful ones. He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. 145:9—compassion in NIV; read Micah 7:19) and God’s comfort (quote Isa. (Eta, in “Sketches of Four Hundred Sermons. The whole is a beautiful prediction of gospel grace and mercy. Thus the prophet, by an insinuating apostrophe, turneth himself to God, and speaks with much confidence. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. It is not only contrary to his interests, but it powerfully opposes and combats the moral principles of his nature, and the higher principles implanted by grace; and but for the counteracting energy of divine influence, must prove victorious. subdue our iniquities—literally, "tread under foot," as being hostile and deadly to us. Our ... their - change of person. To get what Micah 7:19 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. 15:11, "who is like Thee" and Micah 7:18, "who is like Thee" 7. enemies cast into the sea, Exod. Then let the sea remind you how noble is the gift of spiritual health; how all-important that the moral disease of evil should be washed away, and your sins through mercy cast into the depths of the sea--that ocean of heavenly grace and love which shall hide them forever from merited condemnation! Hitherto, sinful passions had not rebelled only, but had had the mastery over us. And this that he will do, she is bold to believe. III. It is very common in Jewish writings to say of anything that is useless, abominable, accursed, and utterly rejected, that it is to be east into the salt sea. 4. 1. ), You see the Thames as it goes sluggishly down through the arches, carrying with it endless impurity and corruption. And so low shall every enemy of Christ's church and people be brought at last. Let us come boldly to the throne of grace, Hebrews 4:16; so shall we see our sins, as Israel did the Egyptians, dead on the shore. Never dream of managing your sins yourself. “Our iniquities.” “Our sins,”--is it possible for us to be quite rid of these? Micah 7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. There is no cluster to eat, no society of upright men to join with; my soul desired the first ripe fruit, longed for the converse of such as had the first fruits of the Spirit, as the holy men of old; but there were none remaining. A man seldom forgives without first humiliating. So Iphigenia is made to sayF26Euripides in Tauro. This inestimable blessing is called in the text, “casting all our sins into the depths of the sea,” which is a mode of expression that intimates both the extent and completeness of pardon. Our sins, they are like the Thames; but, mind you, they shall be swallowed up--lost in the depths of the sea, to be remembered against us no more. He will Turn Again, He will have Compassion on Us “Not I, but the grace of God, which was with me” 1 Corinthians 15:10. And then were the greater part to fall away, we should not fail in our faith; for God preserves the remnant in a wonderful manner. 66:13). Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.". “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.” How to Forgive When It Seems Impossible . He will be a light in our “darkness”. Bruce Waltke adds, "Moses' song looked back upon the Lord's victory, Micah's song looks forward in faith to an even great wonder" (p. 203). The Targum is, "and he will cast into the depths of the sea all the sins of Israel;'', and it may denote their being loathsome and abominable to him, and therefore here cast by him. Note; Nothing shews an abandoned heart more strongly than contempt of parental authority. McKeating stressed its importance thus: Therefore, instead of reading the alternate passages of doom and blessing as the blundering result of some "editor's" rearranging of the text of this prophecy, may men read the one as applicable to the disobedient, and the other as glorious encouragement for the "righteous remnant." As “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” we must certainly either be pardoned or punished. We hinder ourselves of much happiness by a sinful shamefacedness. The Divine One as effecting the conquest of human sins. He will not only turn us again, but turn his hand upon us, and purely purge away our dross, and take away all our tin, Isaiah 1:25. Micah's point is that such godly men were few and far between, as we might say. II. The New Testament parallel, as Hengstenberg has correctly observed, is Romans 11:33-36; and the μυστήριον made known by the apostle in Romans 11:25. gives us a view of the object and end of the ways of the Lord with His people. This conclusion, then, is to be borne in mind, â âGod forgives the remnant of his heritage, because he is by nature inclined to show mercy: he will therefore be merciful to us, for we are of the number of his people.â Except we lay hold on this conclusion, âHe will therefore show mercy to us,â whatever we have heard or said respecting Godâs goodness will vanish away. 7. No, it has been running down a good many years and carried a world of impurity with it, but when you go to the Atlantic there is not a speck on it. He would bestow, “of sin the double cure, Save us from its guilt and power”. Ayin is a "substantive meaning "nothingness â Micah 7:19. REFLECTIONS.—1st, The prophet here bewails his unhappy fate, compelled to dwell among such an abandoned people; for a gracious heart is pained to behold the overflowings of ungodliness. “Into the sea,” and into the deep places of the sea; far to seaward, where the sounding line descends in miles--buried, without resurrection, for evermore. Without subjugation of our bad propensities, even pardon could not give us peace. It is beautiful to think that these are only images of God’s great pity for the race. Our pardons, like ourselves, are full of imperfections. âPity,â רטחם, is tender compassion; the noun in the plural number is used to designate the bowels. Cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Mayest Thou show truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which Thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old." 2 The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. We hence learn what I have said before â that God cannot be worshipped sincerely and from the heart until this conviction be fixed and deeply rooted in our hearts, that God is merciful, not in general, but toward us, because we have been once adopted by him and are his heritage. And Cicero (y), speaking of the law of the Romans for the punishment of parricides, which ordered that they should be sewed up alive in sacks, and cast into the river, observes the wisdom and propriety of it; they would not, says he, have them cast naked into the river, lest, when they should be carried into the sea, they should pollute that by which other things that are defiled are thought to be expiated. Without subjugation of our bad propensities, even pardon could not give us peace. It is His sole prerogative to absolve our crimes and purify our souls. A thing is most safely gone, not when it is banished we know not whither, but when, knowing where it is, we are sure that it is absolutely irrecoverable. Taking away iniquity, and passing over transgression! This slip, this fall, this backsliding, this foolish word, this wrong action, are all testifying against you in the court of conscience. Avoda Zara, fol. In human governments forgiveness is invariably valued by those to whom it is exercised. It is very common in Jewish writings to say of anything that is useless, abominable, accursed, and utterly rejected, that it is to be east into the salt sea. Micah 7:19 19. When God pardons, the tablets of His memory, if I may so put it, are wiped, and there is no remembrance forever made of this sin. All their sins; a usual expression in Scripture to set forth the full and eternal pardon of sin; here it is emphatical, all their sins. Micah 7:1-20. The ASV should be followed here. Thou wilt show faithfulness to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave. They once tauntingly asked, Where is the Lord thy God? our their — change of person. The prophet's prayer on the behalf of his people, Feed thy people with thy rod, directing them in their way, and bringing them into green pastures; the flock of thine heritage, whom he had as a nation called to be a peculiar people; which dwell solitarily in the wood, separated from the rest of mankind, to preserve the worship of Jehovah, the one true and only God; and even in their captivity unmixed with the nations; in the midst of Carmel, scattered in Assyria, as sheep upon a mountain without a shepherd: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old, in the richest pastures, abounding in all blessings spiritual and temporal; as will be the case when they shall be gathered from their dispersion into the gospel-church, and made one fold with the Gentiles under one shepherd.
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