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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Micah 7:14 - 7:14
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Feed thy people - Prayer of the prophet, in the name of his people to God, which, as God fulfils believing prayer, is prophetical of what God would do. When God is about to deliver His people, He stirs up their friends to pray for them.
Feed - including the idea of both pastoral rule and care over His people (Mic 5:4, Margin), regarded as a flock (Psa 80:1; Psa 100:3). Our calamity must be fatal to the nation, unless Thou of Thy unmerited grace, remembering Thy covenant with “Thine heritage” (Deu 4:20; Deu 7:6; Deu 32:9), shalt restore us.
thy rod - the shepherd’s rod, wherewith He directs the flock (Psa 23:4). No longer the rod of punishment (Mic 6:9).
which dwell solitarily in the wood, in ... Carmel - Let Thy people who have been dwelling as it were in a solitude of woods (in the world, but not of it), scattered among various nations, dwell in Carmel, that is, where there are fruit-bearing lands and vineyards [Calvin]. Rather, “which are about to dwell (that is, that they may dwell) separate in the wood, in ... Carmel” [Maurer], which are to be no longer mingled with the heathen, but are to dwell as a distinct people in their own land. Micah has here Balaam’s prophecy in view (compare Mic 6:5, where also Balaam is referred to). “Lo, the people shall dwell alone” (Num 23:9; compare Deu 33:28). To “feed in the wood in Carmel,” is to feed in the rich pastures among its woods. To “sleep in the woods,” is the image of most perfect security (Eze 34:25). So that the Jews’ “security,” as well as their distinct nationality, is here foretold. Also Jer 49:31.
Bashan - famed for its cattle (Psa 22:12; Amo 4:1). Parallel to this passage is Jer 50:19. Bashan and Gilead, east of Jordan, were chosen by Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, as abounding in pastures suited for their many cattle (Num 32:1-42; Deu 3:12-17).