Micah 7:20

Thou wilt give emes to Ya'akov, 1 and chesed to Avraham, 1 as Thou hast sworn unto avoteinu from days of long ago.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

In Context

19He will turn again; He will have compassion upon us; 1 He will subdue avonoteinu (our iniquities); 1 and tashlich (thou wilt cast, throw) 1 all their sins into the depths of the yam. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 12:2So that I will make of thee a goy gadol (great nation), so that I will bless thee, and make thy shem great; and so thou shalt be a brocha (blessing);

Genesis 22:16And said, By Myself have I sworn, saith Hashem, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine ben yachid:

Genesis 28:13And, hinei, Hashem stood above it, and said, I am Hashem Elohei Avraham thy av, and Elohei Yitzchak; ha'aretz whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy zera;

Psalms 105:8He hath remembered His Brit l'olam, 1 the Dvar which He commanded to an elef dor (a thousand generations), 1

Jeremiah 33:25Thus saith Hashem; If My Brit be not with yomam valailah, and if I have not appointed the chukkot of Shomayim vaAretz;

Luke 1:72Thus Hashem has demonstrated his rachamim (mercy) to Avoteinu (our Fathers) and has remembered his Brit HaKodesh (Holy Covenant), + 1:72 Mic 7:20; Ps 105:8,9; 106:45; Ezek 16:60

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:15-20

Encouraging Prospects; Encouraging Promises. ( b. c. 700.) 14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 17 They shall lick the dust like a… Read the whole commentary →

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