Micah 1:8

1:8 For this reason I ¹  will mourn and wail;

I will walk around barefoot ²  and without my outer garments. ³ 

I will howl ⁴  like a wild dog, ⁵ 

and screech ⁶  like an owl. ⁷ 

Micah 2:1

Land Robbers Will Lose their Land

2:1 Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, ⁸ 

those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. ⁹ 

As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, ¹⁰ 

because they have the power to do so.

Micah 7:9

7:9 I must endure ¹¹  the Lord’s anger,

for I have sinned against him.

But then ¹²  he will defend my cause, ¹³ 

and accomplish justice on my behalf.

He will lead me out into the light;

I will experience firsthand ¹⁴  his deliverance. ¹⁵ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn The prophet is probably the speaker here.

[1:8]  ² tn Or “stripped.” The precise meaning of this Hebrew word is unclear. It may refer to walking barefoot (see 2 Sam 15:30) or to partially stripping oneself (see Job 12:17-19).

[1:8]  ³ tn Heb “naked.” This probably does not refer to complete nudity, but to stripping off one’s outer garments as an outward sign of the destitution felt by the mourner.

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will make lamentation.”

[1:8]  ⁵ tn Or “a jackal”; CEV “howling wolves.”

[1:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “[make] a mourning.”

[1:8]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps “ostrich” (cf. ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

[2:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “Woe to those who plan sin.” The Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy, “woe”; “ah”) was a cry used in mourning the dead.

[2:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “those who do evil upon their beds.”

[2:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “at the light of morning they do it.”

[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.”