“He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”
He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea—God promises renewed compassion and the complete erasure of the people's sins, removing them irreversibly into the depths of the sea. The image of treading iniquities under foot shows sin being conquered and subjugated, no longer having power over the people. The casting of sins into the depths of the sea suggests absolute removal and the impossibility of recovery or reminder. The renewal of compassion affirms that divine mercy will flow again after judgment. The address shifts from third person to second person ('you will cast'), possibly indicating the prophet speaking directly to God or the people speaking in liturgical context. This verse affirms the absolute forgiveness that characterizes redemption.
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