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Micah 7:19-20

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7:19 You will once again 1  have mercy on us;

you will conquer 2  our evil deeds;

you will hurl our 3  sins into the depths of the sea. 4 

7:20 You will be loyal to Jacob

and extend your loyal love to Abraham, 5 

which you promised on oath to our ancestors 6 

in ancient times. 7 

1 tn The verb יָשׁוּב (yashuv, “he will return”) is here used adverbially in relation to the following verb, indicating that the Lord will again show mercy.

2 tn Some prefer to read יִכְבֹּס (yikhbos, “he will cleanse”; see HALOT 459 s.v. כבס pi). If the MT is taken as it stands, sin is personified as an enemy that the Lord subdues.

3 tn Heb “their sins,” but the final mem (ם) may be enclitic rather than a pronominal suffix. In this case the suffix from the preceding line (“our”) may be understood as doing double duty.

4 sn In this metaphor the Lord disposes of Israel’s sins by throwing them into the waters of the sea (here symbolic of chaos).

5 tn More literally, “You will extend loyalty to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham.

6 tn Heb “our fathers.” The Hebrew term refers here to more distant ancestors, not immediate parents.

7 tn Heb “which you swore [or, “pledged”] to our fathers from days of old.”



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