23 (A)But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them, (B)and he turned toward them, (C)because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence until now.

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He (A)remembers his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded, for (B)a thousand generations,

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God's Steadfast Love and Compassion

18 (A)Who is a God like you, (B)pardoning iniquity
    and passing over transgression
    (C)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(D)He does not retain his anger forever,
    because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will (E)again have compassion on us;
    (F)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(G)You will cast all our[a] sins
    into the depths of the sea.
20 (H)You will show faithfulness to Jacob
    and steadfast love to Abraham,
(I)as you have sworn to our fathers
    from the days of old.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:19 Hebrew their

27 (A)But the Lord had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

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24 And (A)God heard their groaning, and God (B)remembered his covenant with (C)Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God (D)saw the people of Israel—and God (E)knew.

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15 But you, O Lord, are a God (A)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

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16 (A)I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”

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20 For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.

(A)And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. None was left but (A)the tribe of Judah only.

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28 Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O Lord my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day,

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that I may make my covenant between me and you, and (A)may multiply you greatly.” Then Abram (B)fell on his face. And God said to him, “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be (C)the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram,[a] but (D)your name shall be Abraham,[b] (E)for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of a multitude

They will suffer the punishment of (A)eternal destruction, (B)away from[a] the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Or destruction that comes from

72 (A)to show the mercy promised to our fathers
    and (B)to remember his holy (C)covenant,
73 (D)the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us

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