Micah 1:11

1:11 Residents ¹  of Shaphir, ²  pass by in nakedness and humiliation! ³ 

The residents of Zaanan can’t leave their city. ⁴ 

Beth Ezel ⁵  mourns, ⁶ 

“He takes from you what he desires.” ⁷ 

Micah 2:13

2:13 The one who can break through barriers will lead them out ⁸ 

they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave. ⁹ 

Their king will advance ¹⁰  before them,

The Lord himself will lead them. ¹¹ 

Micah 7:9

7:9 I must endure ¹²  the Lord’s anger,

for I have sinned against him.

But then ¹³  he will defend my cause, ¹⁴ 

and accomplish justice on my behalf.

He will lead me out into the light;

I will experience firsthand ¹⁵  his deliverance. ¹⁶ 

[1:11]  ¹ tn The Hebrew participial form, which is feminine singular, is here used in a collective sense for the all the residents of the town. See GKC 394 §122.s.

[1:11]  ² sn The place name Shaphir means “pleasant” in Hebrew.

[1:11]  ³ tn The imperatival form is used rhetorically, emphasizing that the inhabitants of Shaphir will pass by into exile.

[1:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “have not come out”; NIV “will not come out”; NLT “dare not come outside.”

[1:11]  ⁵ sn The place name Beth Ezel means “house of nearness” or “house of proximity” in Hebrew.

[1:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “the lamentation of Beth Ezel.” The following words could be the lamentation offered up by Beth Ezel (subjective genitive) or the mourning song sung over it (objective genitive).

[1:11]  ⁷ tc The form עֶמְדָּתוֹ (’emdato) should be emended to חֲמַדְּתוֹ (khamadto, “his (the conqueror’s) desire”).

[2:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “the one who breaks through goes up before them.” The verb form is understood as a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of this coming event.

[2:13]  ⁹ tn The three verb forms (a perfect and two preterites with vav [ו] consecutive) indicate certitude.

[2:13]  ¹⁰ tn The verb form (a preterite with vav [ו] consecutive) indicates certitude.

[2:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the Lord [will be] at their head.”

[7:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “lift, bear.”

[7:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “until.”

[7:9]  ¹⁷ tn Or “plead my case” (NASB and NIV both similar); NRSV “until he takes my side.”

[7:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “see.”

[7:9]  ¹⁹ tn Or “justice, vindication.”