He will turn again; spoken after the manner of man, who in his anger went away resolved to right himself, but on second thoughts, laying aside his anger, turns again to be reconciled and forgive. So the next words explain these. He will have compassion upon us; with tender bowels he will show himself gracious to us, Jonah 3:9. He will subdue our iniquities; as our enemies and his, God will break the power, abolish the dominion of sin, which whilst it reigned provoked God and undid us, it polluted and ruined us; but God will pardon the guilt and abrogate the law of sin, and so restore his people, suitable to that Ezekiel 36:29. Thou wilt cast: here is a hypallage of the person from the third to the second person, yet without any lessening the sense in strength or clearness. All their sins; a usual expression in Scripture to set forth the full and eternal pardon of sin; here it is emphatical, all their sins. Into the depths of the sea; whence ordinarily we account things can never rise or be found more.

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