Micah 7:19

“He will turn again, etc.] From his anger, and show his face and favour; which is not inconsistent with his everlasting and unchangeable love; for anger is not opposite to love, and is only a displicency at sin, and not at the persons of his people; and, properly speaking, is not in God; is rather in appearance than in reality; when his people sin against him, he shows himself as if he was angry; he turns away from them, and withdraws his gracious presence and sensible communion from them; but when they are brought to a sense of sin, and acknowledgment of it, he returns to them, manifests his love to them again, and applies his pardoning grace, which is the thing believed would be done; it is…”

“turn again--to us, from having been turned away from us. subdue our iniquities--literally, "tread under foot," as being hostile and deadly to us. Without subjugation of our bad propensities, even pardon could not give us peace. When God takes away the guilt of sin that it may not condemn us, He takes away also the power of sin that it may not rule us. cast . . . into . . . depths of the sea--never to rise again to view, buried out of sight in eternal oblivion: not merely at the shore side, where they may rise again. our . . . their--change of person. Micah in the first case identifying himself and his sins with his people and their sins; in the second, speaking of them and their sins.”

“He will turn again - who seemed to be turned away from us when we were turned away from Him. “He will subdue, or trample under foot” Joel 2:14, our worst enemy, “our iniquities”, as He saith, “He shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly” Romans 16:20. Hitherto, sinful passions had not rebelled only, but had had the mastery over us. Sin subdued man; it was his lord, a fierce tyrant over him; he could not subdue it. Holy Scripture says emphatically of man under the law, that he was sold under sin Romans 7:14, a slave under a hard master, oppressed, weighed down, and unable to throw off the bondage. “We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin” Romans 3:9; “the…”

“turn: Deu 30:3, Deu 32:36; Ezr 9:8, Ezr 9:9; Psa 90:13, Psa 90:14; Isa 63:15-17; Jer 31:20; Lam 3:32; Hos 14:4 subdue: Deu 30:6; Psa 130:8; Eze 11:19, Eze 11:20, Eze 36:25-27; Rom 6:14, Rom 6:17-22, Rom 7:23-25; Rom 8:2, Rom 8:3, Rom 8:13; Tit 2:14; Jam 4:5, Jam 4:6; Jo1 3:8 cast: Psa 103:12; Isa 38:17; Jer 50:20; Dan 9:24 Micah 7:20”