Micah 2:13

"I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob. I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the middle of their pasture. They will swarm with people."

Key Reflection

This verse speaks of God's promise to reunite and restore His people, comparing them to a well-gathered flock under the care of a shepherd. The image of being "as the sheep of Bozrah" suggests a strong and unified community, symbolizing God’s protective and guiding role over his scattered children.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The Breaker is come up -(gone up) before them; they have broken up (Broken through) and have passed the gate, and have gone forth The image is not of conquest, but of deliverance. They “break through,” not to enter in but to “pass through the gate and go forth.” The wall of the city is ordinarily broken through, in order to make an entrancePsalms 80:13;Psalms 89:41;Isaiah 5:5;Nehemiah 2:13, or to secure to a conqueror the power of entering inProverbs 25:28;2 Kings 14:13;2 Chronicles 25:23;2 Chronicles 26:6at any time, or by age and decay2 Chronicles 32:5. But here the object is expressed, to go forth.

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