Micah 1:13

1:13 Residents of Lachish, ¹  hitch the horses to the chariots!

You ²  influenced Daughter Zion ³  to sin, ⁴ 

for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back ⁵  to you!

Micah 4:4

4:4 Each will sit under his own grapevine

or under his own fig tree without any fear. ⁶ 

The Lord who commands armies has decreed it. ⁷ 

Micah 5:4

5:4 He will assume his post ⁸  and shepherd the people ⁹  by the Lord’s strength,

by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. ¹⁰ 

They will live securely, ¹¹  for at that time he will be honored ¹² 

even in the distant regions of ¹³  the earth.

Micah 6:16

6:16 You implement the regulations of Omri,

and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; ¹⁴ 

you follow their policies. ¹⁵ 

Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, ¹⁶ 

the city’s ¹⁷  inhabitants will be taunted derisively, ¹⁸ 

and nations will mock all of you.” ¹⁹ 

Micah 7:8

Jerusalem Will Be Vindicated

7:8 My enemies, ²⁰  do not gloat ²¹  over me!

Though I have fallen, I will get up.

Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. ²² 

[1:13]  ¹ sn The place name Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team [of horses].”

[1:13]  ² tn Heb “she”; this has been translated as second person (“you”) in keeping with the direct address to the residents of Lachish in the previous line.

[1:13]  ³ sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.

[1:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”

[1:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “for in you was found the transgressions of Israel.”

[4:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and there will be no one making [him] afraid.”

[4:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken.”

[5:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “stand up”; NAB “stand firm”; NASB “will arise.”

[5:4]  ¹² tn The words “the people” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “by the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.”

[5:4]  ¹⁴ tn The words “in peace” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Perhaps וְיָשָׁבוּ (vÿyashavu, “and they will live”) should be emended to וְשָׁבוּ (vÿshavu, “and they will return”).

[5:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “be great.”

[5:4]  ¹⁶ tn Or “to the ends of.”

[6:16]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the edicts of Omri are kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab.”

[6:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and you walk in their plans.”

[6:16]  ¹⁸ tn The Hebrew term שַׁמָּה (shammah) can refer to “destruction; ruin,” or to the reaction it produces in those who witness the destruction.

[6:16]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “her”; the referent (the city) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:16]  ²⁰ tn Heb “[an object] of hissing,” which was a way of taunting someone.

[6:16]  ²¹ tc The translation assumes an emendation of the MT’s עַמִּי (’ammi, “my people”) to עַמִּים (’ammim, “nations”).

[7:8]  ²¹ tn The singular form is understood as collective.

[7:8]  ²² tn Or “rejoice” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “don’t laugh at me.”

[7:8]  ²³ sn Darkness represents judgment; light (also in v. 9) symbolizes deliverance. The Lord is the source of the latter.