Micah 7:10-12

7:10 When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame.

They say ¹  to me, “Where is the Lord your God?”

I will gloat over them. ² 

Then they will be trampled down ³ 

like mud in the streets.

7:11 It will be a day for rebuilding your walls;

in that day your boundary will be extended. ⁴ 

A Closing Prayer

7:12 In that day people ⁵  will come to you ⁶ 

from Assyria as far as ⁷  Egypt,

from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River, ⁸ 

from the seacoasts ⁹  and the mountains. ¹⁰ 

[7:10]  ¹ tn Heb “who say.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “My eyes will look on them.”

[7:10]  ³ tn Heb “a trampled-down place.”

[7:11]  ⁴ sn Personified Jerusalem declares her confidence in vv. 8-10; in this verse she is assured that she will indeed be vindicated.

[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”).