Mikha 3:11

3:11 Her ¹  leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, ² 

her priests proclaim rulings for profit,

and her prophets read omens for pay.

Yet they claim to trust ³  the Lord and say,

“The Lord is among us. ⁴ 

Disaster will not overtake ⁵  us!”

Mikha 7:2

7:2 Faithful men have disappeared ⁶  from the land;

there are no godly men left. ⁷ 

They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; ⁸ 

they hunt their own brother with a net. ⁹ 

[3:11]  ¹ sn The pronoun Her refers to Jerusalem (note the previous line).

[3:11]  ² tn Heb “judge for a bribe.”

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

[3:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “Is not the Lord in our midst?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course he is!”

[3:11]  ⁵ tn Or “come upon” (so many English versions); NCV “happen to us”; CEV “come to us.”

[7:2]  ⁶ tn Or “have perished”; “have been destroyed.”

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

[7:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “for bloodshed” (so NASB); TEV “for a chance to commit murder.”

[7:2]  ⁹ sn Micah compares these ungodly people to hunters trying to capture their prey with a net.