Micah 7:6

7:6 For a son thinks his father is a fool,

a daughter challenges ¹  her mother,

and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law;

a man’s enemies are his own servants. ² 

Micah 4:2

4:2 Many nations will come, saying,

“Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain,

to the temple ³  of Jacob’s God,

so he can teach us his commands ⁴ 

and we can live by his laws.” ⁵ 

For Zion will be the source of instruction;

the Lord’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem. ⁶ 

Micah 6:16

6:16 You implement the regulations of Omri,

and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; ⁷ 

you follow their policies. ⁸ 

Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, ⁹ 

the city’s ¹⁰  inhabitants will be taunted derisively, ¹¹ 

and nations will mock all of you.” ¹² 

Micah 6:2

6:2 Hear the Lord’s accusation, you mountains,

you enduring foundations of the earth!

For the Lord has a case against his people;

he has a dispute with Israel! ¹³ 

Micah 3:11

3:11 Her ¹⁴  leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, ¹⁵ 

her priests proclaim rulings for profit,

and her prophets read omens for pay.

Yet they claim to trust ¹⁶  the Lord and say,

“The Lord is among us. ¹⁷ 

Disaster will not overtake ¹⁸  us!”

[7:6]  ¹ tn Heb “rises up against.”

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “the enemies of a man are the men of his house.”

[4:2]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “ways.”

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and we can walk in his paths.”

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “instruction [or, “law”] will go out from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

[6:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the edicts of Omri are kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab.”

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

[6:16]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “her”; the referent (the city) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “[an object] of hissing,” which was a way of taunting someone.

[6:16]  ¹⁰ tc The translation assumes an emendation of the MT’s עַמִּי (’ammi, “my people”) to עַמִּים (’ammim, “nations”).

[6:2]  ⁷ tn This verse briefly interrupts the Lord’s statement (see vv. 1, 3) as the prophet summons the mountains as witnesses. Because of this v. 2 has been placed in parentheses in the translation.

[3:11]  ⁹ sn The pronoun Her refers to Jerusalem (note the previous line).

[3:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “judge for a bribe.”

[3:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they lean upon” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “rely on.”

[3:11]  ¹² tn Heb “Is not the Lord in our midst?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course he is!”

[3:11]  ¹³ tn Or “come upon” (so many English versions); NCV “happen to us”; CEV “come to us.”