Micah 7:14-20
Who Is a God Like You
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14Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show My wonders.
16Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
17They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.
18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
19He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
Berean Standard Bible
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Micah asks the LORD to shepherd His people, the flock of His inheritance. They live apart in a woodland, with pasture around them. He asks that they graze again in Bashan and Gilead as in earlier days.
The LORD answers with a promise: as in the days when His people came out of Egypt, He will show His wonders. The nations will see and be ashamed of their might. They will come trembling from their strongholds into His presence.
Then the prayer turns to praise.
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
The LORD delights in this mercy. He will again have compassion, overcome His people’s iniquities, and cast their sins into the depths of the sea. The book has named their injustice plainly. Its final hope is that God Himself will deal with their sin and pardon them.
The closing words appeal to His faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as He swore long ago. God’s people can ask for mercy because He keeps His promises. Micah began with the LORD coming down in judgment; it ends in wonder at the God who forgives.
How We Know
Exodus 34:6-7 describes the LORD as compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, rich in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity while not leaving the guilty unpunished. Luke 1:68-75 praises God for remembering His covenant and showing mercy to His people. Luke’s song specifically remembers the oath sworn to Abraham. Micah likewise grounds hope for mercy in God’s faithfulness to His sworn promises.
Questions
1 How does Micah address the people?
AnswerHe calls them the flock of God's inheritance and asks the LORD to shepherd them with His staff.
2 What does the LORD promise to show?
AnswerHe will show His wonders, as in the days when His people came out of Egypt.
3 What does God do with the remnant's sins?
AnswerHe has compassion, vanquishes their iniquities, and casts their sins into the depths of the sea.
4 To whom does God show faithfulness?
AnswerHe shows faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as He swore to their fathers.
What This Means for Us
Micah’s final praise gives us a reason to approach God honestly. He delights in loving devotion and is faithful to His promises.
Read verses 18–20 again as words of thanksgiving. Name something they tell you about God, and thank Him for it. When guilt makes prayer difficult, let His promised compassion draw you back to Him in repentance and trust.
Prayer
Faithful LORD, who is a God like You? Thank You for Your compassion and pardon. Shepherd us, turn us from sin, and teach us to rest in the mercy You delight to give. Amen.