Study it in the app“Who is an El like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love.”
Micah marvels: no one forgives like God, who delights in steadfast loveWho God IsGod delights in loyal love and casts sins into the depths of the seaForgivenessGod forgives and delights in loyal loveJustice and mercy
Whoמִיis an Elאֵלlike you,כָּמוֹךָforgivingנֹשֵׂאiniquityעָוֺןand passing overוְעֹבֵר עַלtransgressionפֶּשַׁעfor the remnantלִשְׁאֵרִיתof his inheritance?נַחֲלָתוֹHe does notלֹאretainהֶחֱזִיקhis angerאַפּוֹforever,לָעַדforכִּיheהוּאdelightsחָפֵץin loyal love.חֶסֶד
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appearsforgive
To take away someone's sin, forgive.
Where else “nose” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pesha” appearsremnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appearsseize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hechezik” appearsanger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appearsforever
Time that does not end, without limit of years.
Where else “ad” appearsdelight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafets” appearsloyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chesed” appearsMicah’s name means “Who is like Yah?”: the book ends with the same question.
17They will lick dust like the serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they will come trembling out of their enclosures; before YHWH our Elohim they will tremble in dread, and they will be afraid of you.
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19He will again have mercy on us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast into the depths of the sea all their sins.
