Mikha 2:6
Konteks2:6 ‘Don’t preach with such impassioned rhetoric,’ they say excitedly. 1
‘These prophets should not preach of such things;
we will not be overtaken by humiliation.’ 2
Mikha 2:10
Konteks2:10 But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! 3
For this land is not secure! 4
Sin will thoroughly destroy it! 5
[2:6] 1 tn Heb “‘Do not foam at the mouth,’ they foam at the mouth.” The verb נָטַף (nataf) means “to drip.” When used of speech it probably has the nuance “to drivel, to foam at the mouth” (HALOT 694 s.v. נטף). The sinful people tell the
[2:6] 2 tc If one follows the MT as it stands, it would appear that the
[2:6] tn Heb “they should not foam at the mouth concerning these things, humiliation will not be removed.”
[2:10] 3 tn Heb “Arise and go!” These imperatives are rhetorical. Those who wrongly drove widows and orphans from their homes and land inheritances will themselves be driven out of the land (cf. Isa 5:8-17). This is an example of poetic justice.
[2:10] 4 tn Heb “for this is no resting place.” The
[2:10] 5 tn Heb “uncleanness will destroy, and destruction will be severe.”