Micah 7:8

Jerusalem Will Be Vindicated

7:8 My enemies, ¹  do not gloat ²  over me!

Though I have fallen, I will get up.

Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. ³ 

Micah 7:20

7:20 You will be loyal to Jacob

and extend your loyal love to Abraham, ⁴ 

which you promised on oath to our ancestors ⁵ 

in ancient times. ⁶ 

[7:8]  ¹ tn The singular form is understood as collective.

[7:8]  ² tn Or “rejoice” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “don’t laugh at me.”

[7:8]  ³ sn Darkness represents judgment; light (also in v. 9) symbolizes deliverance. The Lord is the source of the latter.

[7:20]  ⁴ tn More literally, “You will extend loyalty to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham.

[7:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “our fathers.” The Hebrew term refers here to more distant ancestors, not immediate parents.

[7:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “which you swore [or, “pledged”] to our fathers from days of old.”