Bible Strands
Micah 2:12
I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord addresses Jacob and Israel immediately after condemning those who would preach wine and strong drink as if they were messengers of truth. The statement functions as a divine response to the nation’s scattered and afflicted condition described in the surrounding context.
The words — The text relies on אֶאֱסֹף ('e.'e.Sof) meaning "I will gather" and אֲקַבֵּץ ('a.ka.Betz) meaning "I will assemble," both emphasizing God’s active, singular initiative to collect His people.
The thread — This gathering motif appears in Micah 4:6 where God promises to assemble the lame and outcast, Jeremiah 31:7 where He calls for joy over Jacob’s restoration, and Ezekiel 37:21 where He vows to take Israel out of the nations.
Why it lands — The verse demands that the reader acknowledge God’s sole authority to restore a scattered people, rejecting false spiritual counsel in favor of trusting His promised gathering.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
Cross-references
- Micah 4:6 “On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
- Jeremiah 31:7 For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
- Ezekiel 37:21 you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
- Hosea 1:11 Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.
- Micah 5:7 Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
- Isaiah 11:11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Jeremiah 23:3 Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
- Ezekiel 36:37 This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
- Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Zechariah 10:6 I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.