7:17
Micah paints a very vivid picture of the state that the nations will come to. They will be utterly debased and will have to acknowledge the supremacy of the Lord, and will even be afraid of His people. With our Western mindsets we find this very difficult to comprehend or even accept, but this is because of a lack of understanding on our part, a lack of appreciation of who God is, and a lack of appreciation of the nature and awfulness of sin.
7:18
“Who is a God like you ...” Taken together with the previous verse we see here a vital element of God’s forgiveness. It is the sins of His people, of His inheritance who He forgives. He does pardon sin and forgive transgression, but this is not something that is just doled out willy nilly. It is forgiveness towards His chosen people. We should also note that it is not a simple matter. His own people suffered punishment from the Lord.
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