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 6:16

6:16 You implement the regulations of Omri,

and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; ⁴ 

you follow their policies. ⁵ 

Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, ⁶ 

the city’s ⁷  inhabitants will be taunted derisively, ⁸ 

and nations will mock all of you.” ⁹ 

Micah 7:9

7:9 I must endure ¹⁰  the Lord’s anger,

for I have sinned against him.

But then ¹¹  he will defend my cause, ¹² 

and accomplish justice on my behalf.

He will lead me out into the light;

I will experience firsthand ¹³  his deliverance. ¹⁴ 

Micah 7:18

7:18 There is no other God like you! ¹⁵ 

You ¹⁶  forgive sin

and pardon ¹⁷  the rebellion

of those who remain among your people. ¹⁸ 

You do not remain angry forever, ¹⁹ 

but delight in showing loyal love.

[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.”

[6:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “the edicts of Omri are kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab.”

[6:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you walk in their plans.”

[6:16]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term שַׁמָּה (shammah) can refer to “destruction; ruin,” or to the reaction it produces in those who witness the destruction.

[6:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “her”; the referent (the city) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “[an object] of hissing,” which was a way of taunting someone.

[6:16]  ⁹ tc The translation assumes an emendation of the MT’s עַמִּי (’ammi, “my people”) to עַמִּים (’ammim, “nations”).

[7:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “lift, bear.”

[7:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “until.”

[7:9]  ⁹ tn Or “plead my case” (NASB and NIV both similar); NRSV “until he takes my side.”

[7:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “see.”

[7:9]  ¹¹ tn Or “justice, vindication.”

[7:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Who is a God like you?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one!”

[7:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “one who.” The prayer moves from direct address (second person) in v. 18a to a descriptive (third person) style in vv. 18b-19a and then back to direct address (second person) in vv. 19b-20. Due to considerations of English style and the unfamiliarity of the modern reader with alternation of persons in Hebrew poetry, the entire section has been rendered as direct address (second person) in the translation.

[7:18]  ¹² tn Heb “pass over.”

[7:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “of the remnant of his inheritance.”

[7:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he does not keep hold of his anger forever.”