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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through the prophet Micah to Israel regarding a future eschatological moment explicitly labeled “that day.” The declaration immediately follows a statement of Israel’s exclusive, perpetual walk in Yahweh’s name amid the idolatry of surrounding nations.
The words — אֹסְפָה ('o.se.Fah) means “I will gather,” and אֲקַבֵּ֑צָה ('a.ka.Be.tzah) translates “I will assemble.” Both verbs describe deliberate, sovereign divine action directed at the physically impaired and socially displaced.
The thread — The same restoration pattern appears in Zephaniah 3:19, where God promises to save the lame and gather the scattered. It aligns with Isaiah 56:8 and Ezekiel 34:12, which similarly record Yahweh as the one who collects the dispersed and rescues the scattered flock.
Why it lands — The text states that God will collect the marginalized, including those He Himself has afflicted, and then interprets that action as the basis for future national strength and divine rule on Zion. It requires the reader to accept that restoration depends solely on Yahweh’s initiative, not on the condition or merit of those being gathered.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
Cross-references
- Zephaniah 3:19 Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
- Isaiah 56:8 Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
- Ezekiel 34:12 As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
- Psalms 147:2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
- Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
- 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.
- John 10:16 I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
- Jeremiah 3:18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
- Jeremiah 31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
- Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.