For this is not your arest;
Because it is bdefiled, it shall destroy,
Yes, with utter destruction.
And speak a lie, saying,
‘I will1 prophesy to you of wine and drink,’
Even he would be the aprattler of this people.
Israel Restored
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
I will put them together blike sheep of the fold,
Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;
cThey shall make a loud noise because of so many people.
They will break out,
Pass through the gate,
And go out by it;
aTheir king will pass before them,
bWith the Lord at their head.”
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Micah 2:12
A sudden transition from threats to the promise of a glorious restoration. Compare a similar transition in Hosea 1:9-10. Jehovah, too, prophesies of good things to come, but not like the false prophets, "of wine and strong drink" (Micah 2:11). After I have sent you into captivity as I have just threatened, I will thence assemble you again (compare Micah 4:6-7).
all of thee—The restoration from Babylon was partial. Therefore that here meant must be still future, when "all Israel shall be saved" (Romans 11:26). The restoration from "Babylon" (specified (Micah 4:10) is the type of the future one.
Jacob . . . Israel—the ten tribes' kingdom (Hosea 12:2) and Judah (II Chronicles 19:8; II Chronicles 21:2, II Chronicles 21:4).
remnant—the elect remnant, which shall survive the previous calamities of Judah, and from which the nation is to spring into new life (Isaiah 6:13; Isaiah 10:20-22).
as the sheep of Bozrah—a region famed for its rich pastures (compare II Kings 3:4). GESENIUS for Bozrah translates, "sheepfold." But thus there will be tautology unless the next clause be translated, "in the midst of their pasture." English Version is more favored by the Hebrew.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Micah 2:12:
Isaiah 5:17
Isaiah 55:12
Micah 2:1
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