Micah 2:13 BSB — MannaFest

Micah 2:13

One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.

BSB

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ASV

The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.

KJV

The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.

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Commentary

5 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The breaker up is come up before them,.... Not the enemy, either the Assyrian or Chaldean army, or any part thereof, going up before the rest, breaking down the walls of the city, either of Samaria or Jerusalem, so making way for entrance therein; nor Zedekiah, as Joseph Kimchi, who made his escape through the wall broken down; nor the Maccabees, who were instruments of great salvation and deliverance to the Jews after the captivity, and before the coming of Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The gate - The door of escape out of their captivity. No cities so strong, which the Assyrians shall not take and possess, and enter in through the gates. The Lord - Even Jehovah, as he was at the head of Israel, when he brought them out of Egypt.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

John was the breaker; he broke the ice, prepared the way of the Lord by the baptism of repentance; in him the gospel began; from his time the kingdom of heaven suffered violence; and so the Christian church is introduced, with Messiah the Prince before it, on the head of it, going forth conquering and to conquer.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1954: “The Breaker and the Flock” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1887)

YOU will remember, dear Friends, from our reading last Sabbath morning, [Sermon #1952, The Holy Spirit—The need of the Age] in the second chapter of the Book of Micah, that the Prophet was delivering reproofs and rebukes against a sinful people, a people who tried to straiten the Spirit and silence the voice of prophecy and refused to listen to the messengers of God. He threatened them with deserved punishment from the Most High. To our surprise, in the very midst of the threat, he delivers a prediction brimming with mercy!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עָלָ֤ה	'a.Lah	he will go up	H5927 →
הַפֹּרֵץ֙	ha.po.Retz	the [one who] breaks through	H6555 →
לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם	lif.nei.Hem	<to> before them	H6440 →
פָּֽרְצוּ֙	pa.re.Tzu	they will break through	H6555 →
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔רוּ	vai.ya.'a.Vo.ru	and they have passed through	H5674 →
שַׁ֖עַר	Sha.'ar	[the] gate	H8179 →
וַיֵּ֣צְאוּ	vai.Ye.tze.'u	and they have gone out	H3318 →
ב֑וֹ	vo	by it
וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר	vai.ya.'a.Vor	and he has passed on	H5674 →
מַלְכָּם֙	mal.Kam	king their	H4428 →
לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם	lif.nei.Hem	<to> before them	H6440 →
וַיהוָ֖ה	va.Yah.weh	and Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּרֹאשָֽׁם׃ פ	be.ro.Sham	[will be] at head their	H7218 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H8179shaar[the] gate374×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
leads to
- John 7:37–38
  On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Psalms 36:8–9
  They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Psalms 23:1–2
  The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- John 4:11
  “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
Through
Isaiah 52:12
For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 20:4
  For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
- Isaiah 58:8
  Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
- Exodus 14:19–20
  And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Micah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Micah