Micah 7:19

7:19 You will once again ¹  have mercy on us;

you will conquer ²  our evil deeds;

you will hurl our ³  sins into the depths of the sea. ⁴ 

Micah 5:5-6

5:5 He will give us peace. ⁵ 

Should the Assyrians try to invade our land

and attempt to set foot in our fortresses, ⁶ 

we will send ⁷  against them seven ⁸  shepherd-rulers, ⁹ 

make that eight commanders. ¹⁰ 

5:6 They will rule ¹¹  the land of Assyria with the sword,

the land of Nimrod ¹²  with a drawn sword. ¹³ 

Our king ¹⁴  will rescue us from the Assyrians

should they attempt to invade our land

and try to set foot in our territory.

Micah 7:10

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

They say ¹⁵  to me, “Where is the Lord your God?”

I will gloat over them. ¹⁶ 

Then they will be trampled down ¹⁷ 

like mud in the streets.

Micah 5:8

5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations,

in the midst of many peoples.

They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest,

like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,

which attacks when it passes through;

it rips its prey ¹⁸  and there is no one to stop it. ¹⁹ 

[7:19]  ¹ tn The verb יָשׁוּב (yashuv, “he will return”) is here used adverbially in relation to the following verb, indicating that the Lord will again show mercy.

[7:19]  ² tn Some prefer to read יִכְבֹּס (yikhbos, “he will cleanse”; see HALOT 459 s.v. כבס pi). If the MT is taken as it stands, sin is personified as an enemy that the Lord subdues.

[7:19]  ³ tn Heb “their sins,” but the final mem (ם) may be enclitic rather than a pronominal suffix. In this case the suffix from the preceding line (“our”) may be understood as doing double duty.

[7:19]  ⁴ sn In this metaphor the Lord disposes of Israel’s sins by throwing them into the waters of the sea (here symbolic of chaos).

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

[5:5]  ⁶ tc Some prefer to read “in our land,” emending the text to בְּאַדְמָתֵנוּ (bÿ’admatenu).

[5:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “raise up.”

[5:5]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ tn Heb “shepherds.”

[5:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and eight leaders of men.”

[5:6]  ⁹ tn Or perhaps “break”; or “defeat.”

[5:6]  ¹⁰ sn According to Gen 10:8-12, Nimrod, who was famous as a warrior and hunter, founded Assyria.

[5:6]  ¹¹ tc The MT reads “in her gates,” but the text should be emended to בַּפְּתִיחָה (baptikhah, “with a drawn sword”).

[5:6]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the coming king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “who say.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “My eyes will look on them.”

[7:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “a trampled-down place.”

[5:8]  ¹⁷ tn The words “its prey” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:8]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and there is no deliverer.”