Micah 4:1

Better Days Ahead for Jerusalem

4:1 In the future ¹  the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; ² 

it will be more prominent than other hills. ³ 

People will stream to it.

Micah 5:5

5:5 He will give us peace. ⁴ 

Should the Assyrians try to invade our land

and attempt to set foot in our fortresses, ⁵ 

we will send ⁶  against them seven ⁷  shepherd-rulers, ⁸ 

make that eight commanders. ⁹ 

[4:1]  ¹ tn Heb “at the end of days.”

[4:1]  ² tn Heb “will be established as the head of the mountains.”

[4:1]  ³ tn Heb “it will be lifted up above the hills.”

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and this one will be peace”; ASV “and this man shall be our peace” (cf. Eph 2:14).

[5:5]  ⁵ tc Some prefer to read “in our land,” emending the text to בְּאַדְמָתֵנוּ (bÿ’admatenu).

[5:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “raise up.”

[5:5]  ⁷ sn The numbers seven and eight here symbolize completeness and emphasize that Israel will have more than enough military leadership and strength to withstand the Assyrian advance.

[5:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “shepherds.”

[5:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “and eight leaders of men.”