Micah 2:3

2:3 Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! ¹ 

It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. ² 

You will no longer ³  walk proudly,

for it will be a time of catastrophe.

Micah 3:6

3:6 Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; ⁴ 

it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. ⁵ 

The sun will set on these prophets,

and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads. ⁶ 

Micah 4:1

Better Days Ahead for Jerusalem

4:1 In the future ⁷  the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; ⁸ 

it will be more prominent than other hills. ⁹ 

People will stream to it.

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “clan” or “extended family.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “from which you will not remove your neck.” The words “It will be like a yoke” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[2:3]  ³ tn Or “you will not.”

[3:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “it will be night for you without a vision.”

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “it will be dark for you without divination.”

[3:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the day will be dark over them.”

[4:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “at the end of days.”

[4:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “will be established as the head of the mountains.”

[4:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “it will be lifted up above the hills.”