Micah 7:5

7:5 Do not rely on a friend;

do not trust a companion!

Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms! ¹ 

Micah 6:16

6:16 You implement the regulations of Omri,

and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; ² 

you follow their policies. ³ 

Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, ⁴ 

the city’s ⁵  inhabitants will be taunted derisively, ⁶ 

and nations will mock all of you.” ⁷ 

[7:5]  ¹ tn Heb “from the one who lies in your arms, guard the doors of your mouth.”

[6:16]  ² tn Heb “the edicts of Omri are kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab.”

[6:16]  ³ tn Heb “and you walk in their plans.”

[6:16]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term שַׁמָּה (shammah) can refer to “destruction; ruin,” or to the reaction it produces in those who witness the destruction.

[6:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “her”; the referent (the city) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “[an object] of hissing,” which was a way of taunting someone.

[6:16]  ⁷ tc The translation assumes an emendation of the MT’s עַמִּי (’ammi, “my people”) to עַמִּים (’ammim, “nations”).