Micah 7:14

Micah 7:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, which lives by itself in a forest, in fertile pasturelands. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in days long ago.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Shepherd Your people with Your staff, The flock of Your heritage, Who dwell solitarily in a woodland, In the midst of Carmel; Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, As in days of old.

Context of Micah 7:14

12On that day people will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates River and from sea to sea and mountain to mountain. 13Then the earth will become a wasteland because of its inhabitants and as a result of their actions. Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock that is your possession. They live alone in a woodland surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in ancient times. 15I will perform miracles for them as in the days of your exodus from the land of Egypt. 16Nations will see and be ashamed of all their power. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

Micah 7:14 word by word

רְעֵ֧ה עַמְּךָ֣ בְשִׁבְטֶ֗ךָ צֹ֚אן נַֽחֲלָתֶ֔ךָ שֹׁכְנִ֣י לְבָדָ֔ד יַ֖עַר בְּת֣וֹךְ כַּרְמֶ֑ל יִרְע֥וּ בָשָׁ֛ן וְגִלְעָ֖ד כִּימֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Feedרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• with thy rodשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626
• the flockצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• of thine heritageנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• which dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• solitarilyבָּדָדbâdâd · isolationH910
• the woodיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of Carmelכַּרְמֶלkarmel · CarmelH3760
• Bashanבָּשָׁןbâshân · BashanH1316
• and Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• as in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of oldעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769

Cross-references for Micah 7:14

• Micah 5:4He will stand and shepherd them in the strength of the Lord, in the majestic name of the Lord his God. They will live securely, for then his greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
• Psalms 23:1The Lord is my shepherd; I have what I need.
• Psalms 28:9Save your people, bless your possession, shepherd them, and carry them forever.
• Psalms 95:7For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep under his care. Today, if you hear his voice:
• Psalms 100:3Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are his— his people, the sheep of his pasture.
• Isaiah 40:11He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.
• Isaiah 49:10They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate one will guide them, and lead them to springs.
• Matthew 2:6And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah: Because out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.”
• John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.
• Exodus 33:16How will it be known that I and your people have found favor with you unless you go with us? I and your people will be distinguished by this from all the other people on the face of the earth.”
• Numbers 23:9I see them from the top of rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. There is a people living alone; it does not consider itself among the nations.
• Deuteronomy 33:28So Israel dwells securely; Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine; even his skies drip with dew.
• John 17:16They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
• Isaiah 35:2It will blossom abundantly and will also rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.
• Isaiah 37:24You have mocked the Lord through your servants. You have said, “With my many chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, its choice cypress trees. I came to its distant heights, its densest forest.
• Isaiah 65:10Sharon will be a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.

Commentaries on Micah 7:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Feed thy people with thy rod - בשבטך beshibtecha, "with thy crook." The shepherd's crook is most certainly designed, as the word flock immediately following shows. No rod of correction or affliction is here intended; nor does the word mean such. Solitarily - They have been long without a shepherd or spiritual governor. In the midst of Carmel - Very fruitful in vines. Bashan and Gilead - Proverbially fruitful in pasturages.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Feed Thy people with Thy rod - The day of final deliverance was still a great way off. There was a weary interval before them of chastisement, suffering, captivity. So Micah lays down his pastoral office by committing his people to Him who was their true and abiding Shepherd. who that has had the pastoral office, has not thought, as the night drew near in which no man can work, “what will be after him?” Micah knew and foretold the outline. It was for his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 When God is about to deliver his people, he stirs up their friends to pray for them. Apply spiritually the prophet's prayer to Christ, to take care of his church, as the great Shepherd of the sheep, and to go before them, while they are here in this world as in a wood, in this world but not of it. God promises in answer to this prayer, he will do that for them which shall be repeating the miracles of former ages. As their sin brought them…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14A shepherd in the ancient Near East used a staff to protect sheep from wild animals. Similarly, the prophet prayed for God to protect his people from hostile non-Jewish nations (compare Exodus 4:1–5). Your inheritance: compare Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 7:6; 14:2; 26:18; Malachi 3:17; 1 Peter 2:9. Bashan and Gilead, located east of the Jordan River, were among the Lord’s earliest gifts to the Israelite tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh (Joshua 13:15–31)…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Feed thy people--Prayer of the prophet, in the name of his people to God, which, as God fulfils believing prayer, is prophetical of what God would do. When God is about to deliver His people, He stirs up their friends to pray for them. Feed--including the idea of both pastoral rule and care over His people (Mi 5:4, Margin), regarded as a flock (Psa 80:1; 100:3). Our calamity must be fatal to the nation, unless Thou of Thy unmerited grace, remembering…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 7:14

• Bashan
• Carmel
• Intercession

In the dictionaries

• Bashan
• Carmel
• Gilead
• Carmel, Mount Carmel
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Cattle
• Light
• Mouth
• Net
• Forest

Commentaries on Micah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings