Micah 7:14 (LSB)

Passage

Shepherd Your people with Your scepter, The flock of Your inheritance Which dwells by itself in the forest, In the midst of a fruitful orchard. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the ancient days.

Nearby Context

Micah 7:12 It will be a day when they will come to you From Assyria and the cities of Egypt, From Egypt even to the River, Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

Micah 7:13 And the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the fruit of their deeds.

Micah 7:14 Shepherd Your people with Your scepter, The flock of Your inheritance Which dwells by itself in the forest, In the midst of a fruitful orchard. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the ancient days.

Micah 7:15 “As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will show you wondrous deeds.”

Micah 7:16 Nations will see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will put their hand on their mouth; Their ears will be deaf.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shepherd", "people", "scepter", "flock", "inheritance", "dwells", "forest", and "midst". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shepherd" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And the earth will become desolate because..." into verse 15's "As in the days when you came...", so "shepherd" and "people" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shepherd" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.