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 5:7-8

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 

5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations,

in the midst of many peoples.

They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest,

like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,

which attacks when it passes through;

it rips its prey ⁸  and there is no one to stop it. ⁹ 

[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.”

[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.”

[5:8]  ⁷ tn The words “its prey” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “and there is no deliverer.”