Micah 7:14-17

14 ¹Shepherd your people ²with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest ³in the midst of ⁴a garden land; ^[a] let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.

15 ⁵As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them^[b] marvelous things.

16 ⁶The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; ⁷they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;

17 ⁸they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; ⁹they shall come trembling out of their strongholds; ¹⁰they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God, and they shall be in fear of you.

Micah 7:14-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 7

This chapter begins with a lamentation of the prophet, in the name of the church and people of God, concerning the general depravity and corruption of the times in which he lived, Mic 7:1-6; then declares what he was determined to do for his relief in such circumstances, Mic 7:7; comforts himself and the church with a good hope and firm belief of its being otherwise and better with them, to the shame and confusion of their enemies that now rejoiced, though without just reason for it, Mic 7:8-10; with promises of deliverance, after a desolation of the land for some time, Mic 7:11-13; and with the answer returned to the prayers of the prophet, Mic 7:14,15; which would issue in the astonishment of the world, and their subjection to the church of God, Mic 7:16,17; and the chapter is concluded with admiration at the pardoning grace and mercy of God, and his faithfulness to his promises, Mic 7:18-20.

Cross References

• 1. 7:14 Ps. 28:9; [ch. 5:4]
• 2. 7:14 Ps. 23:4
• 3. 7:14 Jer. 50:19; [Zech. 10:10]
• 4. 7:14 See Josh. 19:26
• 5. 7:15 Ps. 78:12; See Isa. 11:16
• 6. 7:16 [Isa. 26:11; 52:15]
• 7. 7:16 See Judg. 18:19
• 8. 7:17 Ps. 72:9; Isa. 49:23
• 9. 7:17 Ps. 18:45
• 10. 7:17 [ch. 4:1]

Footnotes

• [a] 7:14 Hebrew 'of Carmel'
• [b] 7:15 Hebrew 'him'