Micah 2:13

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.

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WEBBE

He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. Their king passes on before them, with the LORD at their head.

BSB

One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.

ASV

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.

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עָלָה 'a·lah he will go up H5927 הַפֹּרֵץ ha·po·retz the [one who] breaks through H6555 לִפְנֵיהֶם lif·nei·hem (to) before them H6440 פָּרְצוּ pa·re·tzu they will break through H6555 וַיַּעֲבֹרוּ vai·ya·'a·vo·ru and they have passed through H5674 שַׁעַר sha·'ar [the] gate H8179 וַיֵּצְאוּ vai·ye·tze·'u and they have gone out H3318 בוֹ vo by it H9033 וַיַּעֲבֹר vai·ya·'a·vor and he has passed on H5674 מַלְכָּם mal·kam king their H4428 לִפְנֵיהֶם lif·nei·hem (to) before them H6440 וַיהוָה va·yah·weh and Yahweh H3068 בְּרֹאשָׁם פ be·ro·sham [will be] at head their H7218

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.