Micah 1:6

1:6 “I will turn Samaria ¹  into a heap of ruins in an open field –

vineyards will be planted there! ² 

I will tumble ³  the rubble of her stone walls ⁴  down into the valley,

and tear down her fortifications to their foundations. ⁵ 

Micah 2:2

2:2 They confiscate the fields they desire,

and seize the houses they want. ⁶ 

They defraud people of their homes, ⁷ 

and deprive people of the land they have inherited. ⁸ 

Micah 3:12

3:12 Therefore, because of you, ⁹  Zion will be plowed up like ¹⁰  a field,

Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,

and the Temple Mount ¹¹  will become a hill overgrown with brush! ¹² 

[1:6]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[1:6]  ² tn Heb “into a planting place for vineyards.”

[1:6]  ³ tn Heb “pour” (so NASB, NIV); KJV, NRSV “pour down”; NAB “throw down”; NLT “roll.”

[1:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “her stones.” The term stones is a metonymy for the city walls whose foundations were constructed of stone masonry.

[1:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will uncover her foundations.” The term “foundations” refers to the lower courses of the stones of the city’s outer fortification walls.

[2:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “they desire fields and rob [them], and houses and take [them] away.”

[2:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they oppress a man and his home.”

[2:2]  ⁸ 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.

[3:12]  ¹¹ tn The plural pronoun refers to the leaders, priests, and prophets mentioned in the preceding verse.

[3:12]  ¹² tn Or “into” (an adverbial accusative of result).

[3:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “the mountain of the house” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).

[3:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “a high place of overgrowth.”