Text -- Micah 7:8 (NET)

Jerusalem Will Be Vindicated

7:8 My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mic 7:8

¹ tn The singular form is understood as collective.

² tn Or “rejoice” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “don’t laugh at me.”

³ sn Darkness represents judgment; light (also in v. 9) symbolizes deliverance. The Lord is the source of the latter.