The Chosen Key Word in this Chapter is “Good man” it comes from the Hebrew Word “chasid” which means “godly, faithful one.”
Micah closes with confident hope in God’s forgiving mercy despite Israel’s persistent sin. Welcome to Bible Life Basics Chapter Reviews, I am Chris and this is Micah 7.
Micah laments that he is like when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage, there being no cluster to eat, his soul desiring the firstripe fruit, the “good man,” “chasid” in Hebrew, having perished out of the earth, and there being none upright among men, all lying in wait for blood, hunting every man his brother with a net.
Micah warns that a man’s enemies are the men of his own house, urging his people not to trust in a friend, nor put confidence in a guide, but he will look to the Lord, he will wait for the God of his salvation, his God will hear him, urging his enemy not to rejoice against him, for when he falls, he shall arise, when he sits in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to him, he bearing the indignation of the Lord because he has sinned against Him, until He plead his cause, and execute judgment for him, and He will bring him forth to the light, and he shall behold His righteousness.
Micah closes with a magnificent hymn of praise, asking, “Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy,” a fitting play on his own name, which itself means who is like the Lord, declaring He will turn again, He will have compassion upon them, He will subdue their iniquities, and He will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea, closing with a promise that He will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which He has sworn to their fathers from the days of old, this beautiful closing hymn transforming the book’s many earlier warnings into confident, joyful hope in God’s unfailing, forgiving character.
Micah’s closing hymn, who is a God like unto thee that pardons iniquity, fittingly plays on the prophet’s own name, which itself asks that very question, transforming this entire book’s final note from judgment into genuine praise. His beautiful image, casting all our sins into the depths of the sea, offers one of Scripture’s most vivid, comforting pictures of God’s complete, permanent forgiveness toward those who genuinely turn back to Him.
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