Micah 2:12

Surely assemble. Micah turns his attention from the majority of his people, who have gone the way of evil, to the minority, the remnant, who will enter into the promise of restoration and deliverance after the Captivity. Thus Micah denied the repeated charge of the false prophets that he was an incurable foreteller of gloom and distress. He affirmed with long-range prophetic optimism that there would be, after the Exile, a future of joy and gladness for those who serve the Lord.

All of thee. That is, all of the remnant. Although God would have all His professed people “to be saved” (1 Timothy 2:3, 4; cf. Titus 2:11; 2 Peter 3:9), only the few, “the remnant,” who sincerely turn from their sins and walk in the way of righteousness, will be saved (see Isaiah 10:20-22; Jeremiah 31:7, 8; Ezekiel 34:11-16; Zephaniah 3:12, 13). By God’s grace “many are called,” but because of the perverse iniquity of the human heart, unfortunately, “few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14; cf. Matthew 7:13, 14).

Bozrah. A city in Edom bore this name (Genesis 36:33; cf. Isaiah 63:1); also there was a city in Moab so named (Jeremiah 48:24). Neither city seems to fit the sense of the passage. A change in vowel pointing (see Vol. I, pp. 25, 26) gives the reading “in the fold,” which appropriately fits into the context of Hebrew parallelism.

Fold. A change in vowel pointing gives the reading “pasture.”

Great noise. Showing that the remnant would be a great multitude.