Micah 2:11

2:11 If a lying windbag should come and say, ¹ 

‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’ ² 

he would be just the right preacher for these people! ³ 

Micah 5:7

5:7 Those survivors from ⁴  Jacob will live ⁵ 

in the midst of many nations. ⁶ 

They will be like the dew the Lord sends,

like the rain on the grass,

that does not hope for men to come

or wait around for humans to arrive. ⁷ 

Micah 7:2

7:2 Faithful men have disappeared ⁸  from the land;

there are no godly men left. ⁹ 

They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; ¹⁰ 

they hunt their own brother with a net. ¹¹ 

[2:11]  ¹ tn Heb “if a man, coming [as] wind and falsehood, should lie”; NASB “walking after wind and falsehood”; NIV “a liar and a deceiver.”

[2:11]  ² tn Heb “I will foam at the mouth concerning wine and beer.”

[2:11]  ³ tn Heb “he would be the foamer at the mouth for this people.”

[5:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “the remnant of” (also in v. 8).

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “will be.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn This could mean “(scattered) among the nations” (cf. CEV, NLT) or “surrounded by many nations” (cf. NRSV).

[5:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “that does not hope for man, and does not wait for the sons of men.”

[7:2]  ⁷ tn Or “have perished”; “have been destroyed.”

[7:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and an upright one among men there is not.”

[7:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “for bloodshed” (so NASB); TEV “for a chance to commit murder.”

[7:2]  ¹⁰ sn Micah compares these ungodly people to hunters trying to capture their prey with a net.