Micah 7:18

Micah’s book now ends. In this verse, he describes our wonderful God. The people sing a final song to praise God. God gives the words of this song to them. The song starts with the words ‘There is no other God like you.’ Micah has told them that the *LORD is like a light in the darkness (verses 8-10). The *LORD is like a *shepherd to his people (verses 11-14). He is God over the nations (verses 15-17). Micah can therefore say to him, ‘There is no other God like you.’ He is the God who has forgiven his guilty people.

In the *Hebrew text, the first sentence has the form of a question. The question is, ‘Who is a God like you?’ Micah’s own name actually means ‘Who is like Yahweh (God)?’ His parents gave him that name. So here Micah is referring to his own name. The name ‘Yahweh’ describes God’s wonderful character. It describes his goodness. God pities his people. He is kind to them. That is a way to describe how God forgives his people. These people are the *remnant that God has rescued.

The verse continues, ‘You take away people’s shame.’ Also, we read ‘You forgive their *sin.’ *Israel’s people had acted against God’s *covenant. The people had done many wrong things. Their *sin was very great (Micah 1:5; Micah 1:13; Micah 3:8; Micah 6:7). But the *LORD’s love is also great. He does not stay angry for always. He is kind and he has pity. He enjoys that. Only God could help the people. Only God could forgive their *sin. (Look at 1 Timothy 1:15-17.) Without God’s *forgiveness, Micah’s message would not mean anything. (Look at Psalms 130:3-4.)

The book ends with a wonderful message about hope. God will not stay angry for always. He likes to be kind. He likes to have pity. There is hope for those that ask God to forgive their *sin. God cannot lie.

There will always be a few people that will be God’s possession. They will be there even until the end of time (Romans Chapter s 9 to 11).

v19 He will come back and he will comfort us again. He will completely overcome the power of *sin. When he forgives his people, their *sin will be like dust under his feet. Yes, our *sin will be like something that he has thrown into the deep sea.