Micah 7:14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:14-20

Here is, I. The prophet's prayer to God to take care of his own people, and of their cause and interest, Mic. 7:14. When God is about to deliver his people he stirs up their friends to pray for them, and pours out a spirit of grace and supplication, Zech. 12:10. And when we see God coming towards us in ways of mercy, we must go forth to meet him by prayer. It is a prophetic prayer, which amounts to a promise of the good prayed for; what God directed his prophet to ask no doubt he designed to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:14

Feed thy people with thy rod ,.... These are either the words of God the Father to Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, calling upon him to do his office as such; to feed the people he had given him, the sheep of his hand, the flock of his pasture, by his Spirit, and with his word and ordinances; see Zechariah 11:5 ; or of Christ to his ministers, his undershepherds, to feed his sheep and his lambs, the people committed to their care and charge, with wholesome words, with sound and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:14

Feed 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 more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:14

Verse 14 Here the Prophet turns to supplications and prayers; by which he manifests more vehemence, than if he had repeated again what he had previously said of the restoration of the Church; for he shows how dreadful that judgment would be, when God would reduce the land into solitude. This prayer no doubt contains what was at the same time prophetic. The Prophet does not indeed simply promise deliverance to the faithful, but at the same time he doubly increases that terror; by which he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14

Feed thy people with thy rod. The prophet prays to the Shepherd of Israel ( Genesis 49:24 ; Psalms 80:1 ), beseeching him to rule and lead his people, and to find them pasture. The "rod" is the shepherd's staff (Le 27:32; Psalms 23:4 ). The flock of thine heritage. So Israel is called ( Psalms 28:9 ; Psalms 95:7 ; comp. Zephaniah 3:13 ). Which dwell solitarily; or, so that they dwell; separate from all other nations, religiously and physically, by institution and geo... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14

A prayer. "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." Here is a prayer addressed by the prophet to Almighty God. It is brief, but beautiful, beautiful in spirit and style. It has a prophetic aspect. This prayer recognizes three things. I. AN INTERESTING RELATION BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE , FLOCK AND SHEPHERD . The Jews, here as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

§ 7. The prophet in the name of the people prays for this promised salvation, and the Lord assures him that his mercies shall not fail, and that the hostile nations shall be humbled. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

Prayer and its response. How mysteriously great is the privilege of prayer! How wonderful that finite creatures may thus draw near to the Infinite, carrying their needs into the Divine presence, breathing their desires into the ear of God, and obtaining from him all required mercy and grace! We think of the patriarch who, weary and worn with his wanderings, slept, with a stone for his pillow, and we speak of the ladder he beheld connecting the spot where he lay with the very throne of God,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 7:14

Feed 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 people a passing through the valley of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 7:14

Micah 7:14. Feed thy people with thy rod, &c. This seems to be a prayer which the prophet broke out into on this occasion, beseeching God to take his people again under his peculiar protection and care; which is the meaning of feeding them with his rod, or pastoral crook: the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily That is, that peculiar people, which thou hast separated from the rest of the world, or caused to live apart by themselves, that they might maintain among them, and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:14-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 7:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 7:14

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