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Micah 7:18-20

Who Is a God Like You, Pardoning Iniquity

June 21, 2026

The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge, Thomas Cole
The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge, Thomas Cole, 1829Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
Cole paints the moment after: bare rock, a skull, a dove returning, and water draining out of a world that has been stripped.In the days of Noah, eight persons were saved through water, and baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you.Thomas ColeFounder of the Hudson River School (1801-1848), English-born, who treated American landscape as a subject fit for moral and religious argument.Smithsonian American Art Museum, WashingtonThe national collection of American art, in the old Patent Office Building where Lincoln held his second inaugural ball.Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
Historic One-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 15:1-10Lk 15:1-10Alt. GospelLuke 15:11-32Lk 15:11-32
Epistle1 Pet. 5:6-111 Pt 5:6-11Alt. Epistle1 Tim. 1:12-171 Tm 1:12-17
Old TestamentMic. 7:18-20Mi 7:18-20
PsalterPs. 103:1-13Ps 103:1-13

Overview & Insights

"Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression?" (Micah 7:18)

The closing lines of Micah praise the LORD as a God unlike any other, one who does not stay angry forever but delights in steadfast love. The prophet trusts that God will again have compassion, tread sins underfoot, and cast them into the depths of the sea.

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Commentary

Micah 7 CommentaryMi 7 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse study of the prophet's closing praise of God's mercy.

Micah 7:18 CommentariesMi 7:18 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentators gathered on the God who pardons iniquity.

Micah Commentaries & SermonsMi Commentaries & Sermons Precept Austin

A deep collection of study links and sermons covering Micah.

Barnes' Notes: Micah 7Barnes' Notes: Mi 7 StudyLight

A historic verse by verse commentary on the passage.

Background & Word Study

Overview: MicahOverview: Mi BibleProject

Animated overview of the message of Micah.

Micah 7 (Hebrew and English)Mi 7 (Hebrew and English) Sefaria

The Hebrew text with classic Jewish commentary on God's compassion.

Micah 7:18 InterlinearMi 7:18 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew word by word of the question who is a God like you.

The Church Fathers

Micah 7 - CatenaMi 7 - Catena Catena

Patristic comment on Micah's praise of God's mercy from the Church Fathers.

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