20 Then the Lord said: “I have pardoned, (A)according to your word;

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18 (A)Who is a God like You,
(B)Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of (C)the remnant of His heritage?

(D)He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in (E)mercy.[a]
19 He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.

You will cast all [b]our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 (F)You will give truth to Jacob
And [c]mercy to Abraham,
(G)Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:18 Or lovingkindness
  2. Micah 7:19 Lit. their
  3. Micah 7:20 Or lovingkindness

16 [a]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. (A)The effective, [b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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  1. James 5:16 NU Therefore confess your sins
  2. James 5:16 supplication

23 (A)Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one (B)stood before Him in the breach,
To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

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