Micah 2:2

2:2 They confiscate the fields they desire,

and seize the houses they want. ¹ 

They defraud people of their homes, ² 

and deprive people of the land they have inherited. ³ 

Micah 6:8

6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good,

and what the Lord really wants from you: ⁴ 

He wants you to ⁵  promote ⁶  justice, to be faithful, ⁷ 

and to live obediently before ⁸  your God.

¹ tn Heb “they desire fields and rob [them], and houses and take [them] away.”

² tn Heb “and they oppress a man and his home.”

³ tn Heb “and a man and his inheritance.” The verb עָשַׁק (’ashaq, “to oppress”; “to wrong”) does double duty in the parallel structure and is understood by ellipsis in the second line.

⁴ sn What the Lord really wants from you. Now the prophet switches roles and answers the hypothetical worshiper’s question. He makes it clear that the Lord desires proper attitudes more than ritual and sacrifice.

⁵ tn Heb “except.” This statement is actually linked with what precedes, “What does he want from you except….”

⁶ tn Heb “to do,” in the sense of “promote.”

⁷ tn Heb “to love faithfulness.”

⁸ tn Heb “to walk humbly [or perhaps, “carefully”] with.”