Micah 1:15

1:15 Residents of Mareshah, ¹  a conqueror will attack you, ² 

the leaders of Israel shall flee to Adullam. ³ 

Micah 5:10

The Lord Will Purify His People

5:10 “In that day,” says the Lord,

“I will destroy ⁴  your horses from your midst,

and smash your chariots.

Micah 5:14

5:14 I will uproot your images of Asherah ⁵  from your midst,

and destroy your idols. ⁶ 

Micah 7:11

7:11 It will be a day for rebuilding your walls;

in that day your boundary will be extended. ⁷ 

Micah 7:13

7:13 The earth will become desolate ⁸ 

because of what its inhabitants have done. ⁹ 

[1:15]  ¹ sn The place name Mareshah sounds like the Hebrew word for “conqueror.”

[1:15]  ² tn Heb “Again a conqueror I will bring to you, residents of Mareshah.” The first person verb is problematic, for the Lord would have to be the subject (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). But the prophet appears to be delivering this lament and the Lord is referred to in the third person in v. 12. Consequently many emend the verb to a third person form (יָבוֹא, yavo’) and understand the “conqueror” as subject.

[1:15]  ³ tn Heb “to Adullam the glory of Israel will go.” This probably means that the nation’s leadership will run for their lives and, like David of old, hide from their enemy in the caves of Adullam. Cf. NIV’s “He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam,” which sounds as if an individual is in view, and could be understood as a messianic reference.

[5:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “cut off” (also in the following verse).

[5:14]  ⁷ tn Or “Asherah poles.”

[5:14]  ⁸ tn The MT reads “your cities,” but many emend the text to צִרֶיךָ (tsirekha, “your images”) or עֲצַבֶּיךָ (’atsbbekha, “your idols”).

[7:11]  ¹⁰ sn Personified Jerusalem declares her confidence in vv. 8-10; in this verse she is assured that she will indeed be vindicated.

[7:13]  ¹³ tn Or “will be ruined.”

[7:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “on account of its inhabitants, because of the fruit of their deeds.”