Micah 2:13
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New International Version (©1984)
One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate and go out. Their king will pass through before them, the LORD at their head."

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"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."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
[The LORD] will open the way and lead them. They will break out, go through the gate, and leave. Their king will travel in front of them. The LORD will lead the people.

King James Bible
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.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
The opener of the way will go up before them: forcing their way out they will go on to the doorway and out through it: their king will go on before them, and the Lord at their head.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he shall go up that shall open the way before them: they shall divide, and pass through the gate, and shall come in by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord at the head of them.

Darby Bible Translation
One that breaketh through is gone up before them: they have broken forth, and have passed on to the gate, and are gone out by it; and their king passeth on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.

English Revised Version
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 the LORD at the head of them.

Webster's Bible Translation
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and have gone out by it; and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.

World English Bible
He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. And their king passes on before them, with Yahweh at their head.

Young's Literal Translation
Gone up hath the breaker before them, They have broken through, Yea, they pass through the gate, Yea, they go out through it, And pass on doth their king before them, And Jehovah at their head!

Geneva Study Bible

The {p} 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 {q} on the head of them.

(p) The enemy will break their gates and walls, and lead them into Chaldea.

(q) To drive them forward, and to help their enemies.

Wesley's Notes

2:13 The breaker - To break down all opposition. 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

13. The breaker-Jehovah-Messiah, who breaks through every obstacle in the way of their restoration: not as formerly breaking forth to destroy them for transgression (Ex 19:22; Jud 21:15), but breaking a way for them through their enemies.

they-the returning Israelites and Jews.

passed through the gate-that is, through the gate of the foe's city in which they had been captives. So the image of the resurrection (Ho 13:14) represents Israel's restoration.

their king-"the Breaker," peculiarly "their king" (Ho 3:5; Mt 27:37).

pass before them-as He did when they went up out of Egypt (Ex 13:21; De 1:30, 33).

the Lord on the head of them-Jehovah at their head (Isa 52:12). Messiah, the second person, is meant (compare Ex 23:20; 33:14; Isa 63:9).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.


Micah 2:12 "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.
Micah 3:1 And I said, "Hear now, heads of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice? (NASB ©1995)

Breach Break Breaker Breaketh Breaks Broken Doorway Forcing Forth Gate Goes Head Open Opens Passed Passes Passeth Thereat Way


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.

breaker. Isa 42:7,13-16 45:1,2 49:9,24,25 51:9,10 55:4 59:16-19 Jer 51:20-24 Da 2:34,35,44 Ho 13:14 Zec 12:8 1Co 15:21-26 Heb 2:14,15

they have. Zec 10:5-7,12 12:3-8

their. Isa 49:10 51:12 52:12 Jer 23:5,6 Eze 34:23,24 Ho 1:11 3:5 Zec 9:14,15 Joh 10:27-30 Heb 2:9,10 6:20 Re 7:17 17:14 Re 19:13-17

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