Mikha 4:4

4:4 Each will sit under his own grapevine

or under his own fig tree without any fear. ¹ 

The Lord who commands armies has decreed it. ² 

Mikha 4:9

4:9 Jerusalem, why are you ³  now shouting so loudly? ⁴ 

Has your king disappeared? ⁵ 

Has your wise leader ⁶  been destroyed?

Is this why ⁷  pain grips ⁸  you as if you were a woman in labor?

[4:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and there will be no one making [him] afraid.”

[4:4]  ² tn Heb “for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken.”

[4:9]  ³ tn The Hebrew form is feminine singular, indicating that Jerusalem, personified as a young woman, is now addressed (see v. 10). In v. 8 the tower/fortress was addressed with masculine forms, so there is clearly a shift in addressee here. “Jerusalem” has been supplied in the translation at the beginning of v. 9 to make this shift apparent.

[4:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “Now why are you shouting [with] a shout.”

[4:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “Is there no king over you?”

[4:9]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “counselor” (cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). This refers to the king mentioned in the previous line; the title points to the king’s roles as chief strategist and policy maker, both of which required extraordinary wisdom.

[4:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “that.” The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) is used here in a resultative sense; for this use see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 73, §450.

[4:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “grabs hold of, seizes.”