Discovery BoxMicah 7:19-20 
Context7:19 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
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
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
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.”
