Micah 7:14

Easy To Read Version

So rule your people with your rod.\par Rule the flock of people\par that belongs to you.\par That flock lives alone in the woods,\par and up on Mount Carmel.\par That flock lives in Bashan and Gilead\par like they did in time past.\par

Cross References

Psalm 100:3

Know that the Lord is God.\par He made us.\par We are his people,\par We are his sheep.\par

Psalm 143:5

But I remember the things\par that happened long ago.\par I am thinking about\par the many things you did.\par I am talking about the things you did\par with your great power!\par

Psalm 28:9

God, save your people.\par Bless the people who belong to you.\par Lead them and honor them {\cf2\super [172]} forever!\par

Psalm 95:7

He is our God, and we are his people.\par We are his sheep today—\par if we listen to his voice.\par

Exodus 33:16

Also, how will we know if you are pleased with me and these people? If you go with us, then we will know for sure! If you don’t go with us, then I and these people will be no different than any other people on the earth.”

Isaiah 27:13

Many of my people are now lost in Assyria. {\cf2\super [255]} Some of my people have run away to Egypt. But at that time, a great trumpet will be blown. And all those people will come back to Jerusalem. Those people will bow down before the Lord on that holy mountain.

Isaiah 35:2

The desert will be full of growing flowers and will begin to show its happiness. It will seem like the desert is dancing with joy. The desert will be beautiful like the forest of Lebanon, {\cf2\super [327]} the hill of Carmel, {\cf2\super [328]} and Sharon Valley. {\cf2\super [329]} This will happen because all people will see the Glory of the Lord. {\cf2\super [330]} People will see the beauty of our God.

Isaiah 37:24

You sent your officers\par to insult the Lord my Master.\par You said,\par ‘\{I am very powerful!\}\par I have many, many chariots. {\cf2\super [354]} \par \{With my power I defeated Lebanon.\}\par I climbed the highest mountains\par of Lebanon. {\cf2\super [355]} \par I cut down all the great trees (armies)\par of Lebanon.\par I have been to the highest mountain\par and into the deepest part of that forest.\par

Isaiah 40:11

The Lord will lead his people\par like a shepherd leads sheep.\par The Lord will use his arm (power)\par and gather his sheep together.\par The Lord will pick up the little sheep\par and hold them in his arms.\par Their mothers will walk beside him.\par

Isaiah 49:10

The people will not be hungry.\par They will not be thirsty.\par The hot sun and wind will not hurt them.\par Why? Because God comforts them\par and God will lead them.\par He will lead them near springs of water.\par

Isaiah 65:10

Then Sharon Valley {\cf2\super [470]} will be a field for sheep. The Valley of Achor {\cf2\super [471]} will be a place for cattle to rest. All these things will be for my people—the people that look for me.

Jeremiah 49:31

“There is a nation that feels safe.\par That nation feels secure.\par That nation does not have gates\par or fences to protect it.\par No people live near them.\par

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem thinks back.\par Jerusalem remembers the time\par when she was hurt\par and when she lost her home.\par She remembers all the nice things\par that she had in the past.\par She remembers those nice things\par that she had in the old days.\par She remembers when her people\par were captured by the enemy.\par She remembers when there was no person\par to help her.\par When her enemies saw her, they laughed.\par They laughed because she was destroyed.\par

Lamentations 5:21

Bring us back to you, Lord.\par We will gladly come back to you.\par Make our lives like they were before.\par

Ezekiel 36:11

I will give you many people and animals. And they will grow and have many children. I will bring people to live on you like in the past. I will make it better for you than before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Leviticus 27:32

“{The priests will} take every tenth animal from a person’s cows or sheep. Every tenth animal will belong to the Lord.

Amos 9:11

“David’s tent {\cf2\super [118]} has fallen,\par but at that time,\par I will set his tent up again.\par I will fix the holes in the walls.\par I will build the ruined buildings again.\par I will build it like it was before.\par

Micah 5:4

Then \{the Ruler of Israel\} will stand\par in the power of the Lord and\par in the wonderful name\par of the Lord his God\par and feed \{the flock\}.\par They will live \{in peace\}\par because at that time, his greatness\par will reach to the ends of the earth. {\cf2\super [62]} \par

Zephaniah 3:13

The survivors {\cf2\super [22]} of Israel won’t do bad things. They won’t tell lies. They won’t try to trick people with lies. They will be like sheep that eat and lie down in peace—and no one will bother them.”

Zechariah 10:10

I will bring them back from Egypt and Assyria. I will bring them to the area of Gilead. And since there will not be enough room, I will also let them live in nearby Lebanon.” (

Zechariah 11:7

So I took care of the sheep that had been raised to be killed—those poor sheep. I found two sticks. I called one stick Favor, and I called the other stick Union. Then I began caring for the sheep.

Malachi 3:4

Then the Lord will accept the gifts from Judah and Jerusalem. It will be like in the past. It will be like the time long ago.

Numbers 23:9

I see those people from the mountain. I see them from the high hills. Those people live alone. They are not part of another nation.

Numbers 32:1

The family groups of Reuben and Gad had many, many cows. Those people looked at the land near Jazer and Gilead. They saw that this land was good for their cows.

Matthew 2:6

‘Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,\par you are important among\par the rulers of Judah.\par Yes, a ruler will come from you,\par and that ruler will lead Israel,\par my people.’”\par \i (Micah 5:2)\i0 \par

John 17:16

They don’t belong to the world, the same as I don’t belong to the world.

Deuteronomy 33:28

So Israel will live in safety, Jacob’s well belongs to them. They will get a land of grain and wine. And that land will get plenty of rain.