Text: Micah 7:18-19
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 34:6-7
Subject: God who pardons iniquity and delights in chesed
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Exod 34:6-7 — The Attribute Formula
Significance: Micah 7:18-19 draws extensively on the divine self-revelation of Exodus 34:6-7, the foundational creedal statement of Yahweh's character. Exodus 34:6-7 declares God as "compassionate and gracious... forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin" (נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה, nose avon vafesha vechat'ah), and Micah echoes this with "Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity (נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן, nose avon) and passes over the transgression (פֶּשַׁע, pesha) of the remnant?" The verbal overlap is unmistakable: Micah cites the Sinai revelation's core vocabulary of divine mercy. However, Micah adds that God "does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion" (חֶסֶד, chesed), resolving the tension Exodus 34:7 introduced about God "not leaving the guilty unpunished" by emphasizing mercy's ultimate triumph.
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Text: Exodus 34:6
OT Text Referred to: Micah 7:18
Subject: pardoning God
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Exod 34:6-7 — The Attribute Formula
Significance: This intertextual connection develops the theme of divine mercy across Scripture. What Exodus 34 reveals, Micah 7 expands, showing mercy as essential to God's character. Christ is the ultimate expression of mercy (Titus 3:5), through whom believers receive 'mercy upon mercy.'