Micah 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 

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

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).