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Micah 7:14

Micah 7:14
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

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,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the flock of thine heritage Comp. Psa 28:9 -bless thine inheritance; feed them also;" t is the making of covenants, and not the breaking of them, which the prophet denounces.

thus judgment springeth…