12 "I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob , I will surely gather the remnant of Israel . I will put them together like sheep in the fold ; Like a flock in the midst of its pasture They will be noisy with men . 13 "The breaker goes up before them; They break out, pass through the gate and go out by it. So their king goes on before them, And the Lord at their head ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Micah 2:12-13
Commentary on Micah 2:12-13
(Read Micah 2:12-13)
These verses may refer to the captivity of Israel and Judah. But the passage is also a prophecy of the conversion of the Jews to Christ. The Lord would not only bring them from captivity, and multiply them, but the Lord Jesus would open their way to God, by taking upon him the nature of man, and by the work of his Spirit in their hearts, breaking the fetters of Satan. Thus he has gone before, and the people follow, breaking, in his strength, through the enemies that would stop their way to heaven.