Who Is A God Like You?

Micah 7:15-18 - "As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show them my wonders." Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their power. They will lay their hands on their mouths and their ears will become deaf. They will lick dust like a snake, like creatures that crawl on the ground. They will come trembling out of their dens; they will turn in fear to the LORD our God and will be afraid of you. Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.

1 Samuel 2:2 - "There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

Joel 2:32 - And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.

Exodus 15:11 - "Who among the gods is like you, O LORD ? Who is like you—majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

Conclusions:

• It is possible that Micah 7:15-17 constitutes a prayer that God will show His wonders again as in the exodus, that the nations will see and be ashamed, and that they will turn to the Lord in fear
• When the nations see God's power at the Messiah's coming, they will be amazed
• Lick dust like a snake is a picture of defeat
• Micah 7:18-20 is the conclusion for the whole book of Micah
• Who is a God like you is perhaps a pun on Micah's name (Micah means Who is like the Lord?)
• Rock is a metaphor to depict the strength and stability of the God of Israel as the unfailing source of security for His people
• Calls on the name of the Lord means worships God and prays to Him
• Saved means delivered from the wrath of God's judgment
• In Joel 2:32, perhaps Joel is recalling the Lord's covenant with David
• The Lord, who tolerates no rivals, has defeated all the gods of Egypt and their worshipers.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV

onclusions derived from NIV Study Bible