Micah 4:13

"But they don’t know the thoughts of the LORD, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor."

Key Reflection

This verse metaphorically describes how God gathers people as one would gather sheaves at a threshing floor, yet they fail to grasp his divine plans and intentions. It highlights the contrast between God's comprehensive understanding and human inability to fully comprehend His counsel until it is revealed through experience or revelation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Arise -(It may be,) from the dust in which they were lying, “I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass.” Threshing in the East is partly with oxen, partly with wheels of iron, or with planks set with sharp flints on an open place made hard to this end. The prophet joins another image, with this and represents Judah as being by God endued with strength, first as with a “horn of iron”1 Kings 22:11to cast the enemy to the ground, and then with “hoofs of brass,” wherewith to trample them to dust, as the stubble and chaff.

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