Mikha 4:11
Konteks4:11 Many nations have now assembled against you.
They say, “Jerusalem must be desecrated, 1
so we can gloat over Zion!” 2
Mikha 6:1
Konteks6:1 Listen to what the Lord says:
“Get up! Defend yourself 3 before the mountains! 4
Present your case before the hills!” 5
Mikha 6:10
Konteks6:10 “I will not overlook, 6 O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, 7
or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much. 8
Mikha 7:7
Konteks7:7 But I will keep watching for the Lord;
I will wait for the God who delivers me.
My God will hear my lament. 9
[4:11] 1 tn Heb “let her be desecrated.” the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[4:11] 2 tn Heb “and let our eye look upon Zion.”
[6:1] 3 tn Or “plead your case” (NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “present your plea”; NLT “state your case.”
[6:1] sn Defend yourself. The
[6:1] 4 sn As in some ancient Near Eastern treaties, the mountains are personified as legal witnesses that will settle the dispute between God and Israel.
[6:1] 5 tn Heb “let the hills hear your voice.”
[6:10] 6 tn The meaning of the first Hebrew word in the line is unclear. Possibly it is a combination of the interrogative particle and אִשׁ (’ish), an alternate form of יֵשׁ (yesh, “there is/are”). One could then translate literally, “Are there treasures of sin [in] the house of the sinful?” The translation assumes an emendation to הַאֶשֶּׁה (ha’esheh, from נָשָׁא, nasha’, “to forget”), “Will I forget?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “No, I will not forget.”
[6:10] 7 tn Heb “the treasures of sin”; NASB “treasures of wickedness”; NIV “ill-gotten treasures.”
[6:10] 8 tn Heb “the accursed scant measure.”
[6:10] sn Merchants would use a smaller than standard measure so they could give the customer less than he thought he was paying for.
[7:7] 9 tn Heb “me.” In the interest of clarity the nature of the prophet’s cry has been specified as “my lament” in the translation.
