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 5:3

5:3 So the Lord ⁴  will hand the people of Israel ⁵  over to their enemies ⁶ 

until the time when the woman in labor ⁷  gives birth. ⁸ 

Then the rest of the king’s ⁹  countrymen will return

to be reunited with the people of Israel. ¹⁰ 

[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.”

[5:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the people of Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:3]  ⁶ tn The words “to their enemies” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:3]  ⁷ sn The woman in labor. Personified, suffering Jerusalem is the referent. See 4:9-10.

[5:3]  ⁸ sn Gives birth. The point of the figurative language is that Jerusalem finally finds relief from her suffering. See 4:10.

[5:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to the sons of Israel.” The words “be reunited with” are supplied in the translation for clarity.