Micah 4:12

They do not know Yahweh's thoughts, 1 neither do they understand his plans, 1 for he has gathered them like bundles of grain prepared for the threshing floor. 1

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In The King James Version

But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

In Context

11Now many nations are assembled against you; 1 they say, 'Let her be defiled; 1 let our eyes gloat over Zion.' 1

13Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, 1 for I will make your horn to be iron, 1 and I will make your hooves to be bronze. 1 You will crush many peoples and you will devote their unjust wealth to Yahweh, 1 their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:7But this is not what he intends, nor does he think this way. 1 It is in his heart to destroy and eliminate many nations. 1

Isaiah 55:8“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1

Jeremiah 51:33For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. 1 It is time to trample her down. In a little while the time of harvest will come to her. 1

Zechariah 14:1Behold! A day for Yahweh is coming when your plunder will be divided in your midst.

Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond discovering! 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 4:9-13

Judgments and Mercies. ( b. c. 726.) 8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. 10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field,… Read the whole commentary →

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