New King James Version
Micah 7:14
14Shepherd 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.
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 Living Translation (NLT)O Lord, protect your people with your shepherd’s staff; lead your flock, your special possession. Though they live alone in a thicket on the heights of Mount Carmel, let them graze in the fertile pastures of Bashan and Gilead as they did long ago.
Context of Micah 7:14
12In that day they shall come to you From Assyria and the fortified cities, From the fortress to the River, From sea to sea, And mountain to mountain. 13Yet the land shall be desolate Because of those who dwell in it, And for the fruit of their deeds. 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. 15“As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them wonders.” 16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; They shall put their hand over their mouth; Their ears shall be deaf.
Read all of Micah 7Micah 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 5:4And He shall stand and feed His flock In the strength of the Lord, In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God; And they shall abide, For now He shall be great To the ends of the earth;
- Psalms 23:1The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Psalms 28:9Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.
- Psalms 95:7For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice:
- Psalms 100:3Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
- Isaiah 40:11He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.
- Isaiah 49:10They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither heat nor sun shall strike them; For He who has mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs of water He will guide them.
- Matthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ”
- John 10:27My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
- Exodus 33:16For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”
- Numbers 23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him; There! A people dwelling alone, Not reckoning itself among the nations.
- Deuteronomy 33:28Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens shall also drop dew.
- John 17:16They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- Isaiah 35:2It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, Even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, The excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, The excellency of our God.
- Isaiah 37:24By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, ‘By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height, To its fruitful forest.
- Isaiah 65:10Sharon shall be a fold of 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
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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
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