Micah 3:6

3:6 Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; ¹ 

it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. ² 

The sun will set on these prophets,

and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads. ³ 

Micah 4:1

Better Days Ahead for Jerusalem

4:1 In the future ⁴  the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; ⁵ 

it will be more prominent than other hills. ⁶ 

People will stream to it.

Micah 7:12

A Closing Prayer

7:12 In that day people ⁷  will come to you ⁸ 

from Assyria as far as ⁹  Egypt,

from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River, ¹⁰ 

from the seacoasts ¹¹  and the mountains. ¹² 

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “it will be night for you without a vision.”

[3:6]  ² tn Heb “it will be dark for you without divination.”

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

[4:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “at the end of days.”

[4:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “will be established as the head of the mountains.”

[4:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “it will be lifted up above the hills.”

[7:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “they.” The referent has been specified as “people,” referring either to the nations (coming to God with their tribute) or to the exiles of Israel (returning to the Lord).

[7:12]  ⁸ tn The masculine pronominal suffix suggests the Lord is addressed. Some emend to a feminine form and take Jerusalem as the addressee.

[7:12]  ⁹ tc The MT reads וְעָרֵי (vÿ’arey, “and the cities [of Egypt]”), but the parallel line indicates this is a corruption of וְעַד (vÿ’ad, “even to”).

[7:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the River,” referring to the Euphrates River. This has been specified in the translation for clarity (so also NASB, NIV).

[7:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and sea from sea.” Many prefer to emend this to מִיָּם עַד יָם (miyyam ’ad yam, “from sea to sea”).

[7:12]  ¹² tn Heb “and mountain of the mountain.” Many prefer to emend this to וּמֵהַר עַד הַר (umehar ’ad har, “and mountain to mountain”).