Micah 7:2

7:2 Faithful men have disappeared ¹  from the land;

there are no godly men left. ² 

They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; ³ 

they hunt their own brother with a net. ⁴ 

Micah 5:3

5:3 So the Lord ⁵  will hand the people of Israel ⁶  over to their enemies ⁷ 

until the time when the woman in labor ⁸  gives birth. ⁹ 

Then the rest of the king’s ¹⁰  countrymen will return

to be reunited with the people of Israel. ¹¹ 

[7:2]  ¹ tn Or “have perished”; “have been destroyed.”

[7:2]  ² tn Heb “and an upright one among men there is not.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “for bloodshed” (so NASB); TEV “for a chance to commit murder.”

[7:2]  ⁴ sn Micah compares these ungodly people to hunters trying to capture their prey with a net.

[5:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the people of Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:3]  ⁷ tn The words “to their enemies” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:3]  ⁸ sn The woman in labor. Personified, suffering Jerusalem is the referent. See 4:9-10.

[5:3]  ⁹ sn Gives birth. The point of the figurative language is that Jerusalem finally finds relief from her suffering. See 4:10.

[5:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to the sons of Israel.” The words “be reunited with” are supplied in the translation for clarity.