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

12When that day comes, your people will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, from Egypt to the Euphrates River, from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. 13The earth will become a wasteland for those who live on it because of what the people living there have done. With your shepherd’s staff, take care of your people, the sheep that belong to you. They live alone in the woods, in fertile pastures. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead like before. 15Let us see miracles like the time you came out of Egypt. 16Nations will see this and be ashamed in spite of all their strength. They will put their hands over their mouths. 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 5:4The child will become the shepherd of his flock. ⌞He will lead them⌟ with the strength of the Lord, with the majestic name of the Lord his God. They will live in safety because his greatness will reach the ends of the earth.
• Psalms 23:1The Lord is my shepherd. I am never in need.
• Psalms 28:9Save your people, and bless those who belong to you. Be their shepherd, and carry them forever.
• Psalms 95:7because he is our God and we are the people in his care, the flock that he leads. If only you would listen to him today!
• Psalms 100:3Realize that the Lord alone is God. He made us, and we are his. We are his people and the sheep in his care.
• Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd he takes care of his flock. He gathers the lambs in his arms. He carries them in his arms. He gently helps the sheep and their lambs.
• Isaiah 49:10They will never be hungry or thirsty, nor will the sun or the burning, hot wind strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.
• Matthew 2:6Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the leaders of Judah. A leader will come from you. He will shepherd my people Israel.”
• John 10:27My sheep respond to my voice, and I know who they are. They follow me,
• Exodus 33:16How will anyone ever know you’re pleased with your people and me unless you go with us? Then we will be different from all other people on the face of the earth.”
• Numbers 23:9I see them from the top of rocky cliffs, I look at them from the hills. I see a nation that lives by itself, people who do not consider themselves to be like other nations.
• Deuteronomy 33:28So Israel will live securely. Jacob’s spring will be ⌞left⌟ alone in a land of grain and new wine. Dew will drip from Israel’s skies.
• John 17:16They don’t belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
• Isaiah 35:2Like a lily the land will blossom. It will rejoice and sing with joy. It will have the glory of Lebanon, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. Everyone will see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.
• Isaiah 37:24Through your servants you defy the Lord and say, “With my many chariots I’ll ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I’ll cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I’ll come to its most distant heights and its most fertile forests.
• Isaiah 65:10The Sharon Plain will be a pasture for flocks. The Achor Valley will be a resting place for cattle and for my people who search for 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