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Micah 2:12 KJV
Micah · chapter 2 · verse 12
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.Micah 2:12 · King James Version
Micah 2:12 in context
10Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
11If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
12I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
13The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- togetheryachadproperly, a unitH3162 →
- remnantshᵉʼêrîytha remainder or residual portionH7611 →
- surelyʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- surelyqâbatsto graspH6908 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- Bozrahbotsrâhan enclosureH1223 →
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After threatenings of wrath, the chapter here concludes, as is usual in the prophets, with promises of mercy, which were in part fulfilled when the Jews returned out of Babylon, and had their full accomplishment in the kingdom of the Messiah. Their grievances shall be all redressed. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-13