Micah 4:6

Restoration Will Follow Crisis

4:6 “In that day,” says the Lord, “I will gather the lame,

and assemble the outcasts whom I injured. ¹ 

Micah 5:10

The Lord Will Purify His People

5:10 “In that day,” says the Lord,

“I will destroy ²  your horses from your midst,

and smash your chariots.

Micah 2:4

2:4 In that day people will sing this taunt song to you –

they will mock you with this lament: ³ 

‘We are completely destroyed;

they sell off ⁴  the property of my people.

How they remove it from me! ⁵ 

They assign our fields to the conqueror.’ ⁶ 

[4:6]  ¹ sn The exiles of the nation are compared to lame and injured sheep.

[5:10]  ² tn Heb “cut off” (also in the following verse).

[2:4]  ³ tc The form נִהְיָה (nihyah) should be omitted as dittographic (note the preceding וְנָהָה נְהִי vÿnahah nÿhiy).

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Or “exchange.” The LXX suggests a reading יִמַּד (yimmad) from מָדַד (madad, “to measure”). In this case one could translate, “the property of my people is measured out [i.e., for resale].”

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “how one removes for me.” Apparently the preposition has the nuance “from” here (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[2:4]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew term שׁוֹבֵב (shovev, “the one turning back”) elsewhere has the nuance “apostate” (cf. NASB) or “traitor” (cf. NIV). The translation assumes an emendation to שָׁבָה (shavah, “captor”).