Micah 7:13-14

7:13 The earth will become desolate

because of what its inhabitants have done.

7:14 Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod,

the flock that belongs to you,

the one that lives alone in a thicket,

in the midst of a pastureland.

Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead,

as they did in the old days.


tn Or “will be ruined.”

tn Heb “on account of its inhabitants, because of the fruit of their deeds.”

tn Or “with your scepter” (the Hebrew term can mean either “rod” or “scepter”).

tn Heb “the flock of your inheritance.”

tn Or “in the midst of Carmel.” The Hebrew term translated “pastureland” may be a place name.

sn The regions of Bashan and Gilead, located in Transjordan, were noted for their rich grazing lands.

tn Heb “as in the days of antiquity.”