Micah 7:11

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

in that day your boundary will be extended. ¹ 

Micah 1:16

1:16 Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; ² 

shave your foreheads as bald ³  as an eagle, ⁴ 

for they are taken from you into exile.

Micah 7:20

7:20 You will be loyal to Jacob

and extend your loyal love to Abraham, ⁵ 

which you promised on oath to our ancestors ⁶ 

in ancient times. ⁷ 

[7:11]  ¹ sn Personified Jerusalem declares her confidence in vv. 8-10; in this verse she is assured that she will indeed be vindicated.

[1:16]  ² tn Heb “over the sons of your delight.”

[1:16]  ³ tn Heb “make wide your baldness.”

[1:16]  ⁴ tn Or “a vulture” (cf. NIV, TEV); CEV “a buzzard.” The Hebrew term נֶשֶׁר (nesher) refers to the griffon vulture or eagle.

[7:20]  ³ tn More literally, “You will extend loyalty to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham.

[7:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “our fathers.” The Hebrew term refers here to more distant ancestors, not immediate parents.

[7:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “which you swore [or, “pledged”] to our fathers from days of old.”