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Micah 7:14

Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The prophet Micah addresses God, petitioning Him to act as shepherd during a period when the land lies desolate due to the people's deeds. The words — רְעֵה (re.'Eh) translates literally as "shepherd" and שֹׁכְנִי לְבָדָד (sho.khe.Ni le./va.Dad) means "who dwell alone," describing a scattered community isolated in a woodland. The thread — The shepherd-flock imagery recurs in Psalms 23:1 and Psalms 100:3, while the promise of pastoral restoration in the days of old parallels Micah 5:4 and the Exodus wonder described in Micah 7:15. Why it lands — The text commands God to actively guide and provide for His inheritance in a desolate landscape, requiring the reader to acknowledge divine provision as the sole basis for survival and restoration.

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The Hebrew words

רְעֵ֧הre.'Ehshepherdעַמְּךָ֣'a.me./Khapeople/ yourבְשִׁבְטֶ֗ךָve./shiv.Te./khawith/ rod/ yourצֹ֚אןtzon[the] flock ofנַֽחֲלָתֶ֔ךָna.cha.la.Te./khainheritance/ yourשֹׁכְנִ֣יsho.khe.Ni[who] dwellלְבָדָ֔דle./va.Dad<of>/ aloneיַ֖עַרYa.'ara forestבְּת֣וֹךְbe./Tokhin/ [the] midst ofכַּרְמֶ֑לkar.Mela garden-landיִרְע֥וּyir.'Ulet them grazeבָשָׁ֛ןva.ShanBashanוְגִלְעָ֖דve./gil.'Adand/ Gileadכִּימֵ֥יki./Meilike/ [the] days ofעוֹלָֽם׃o.Lamantiquity

King James Version

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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