Mikha 4:5

4:5 Though all the nations follow their respective gods, ¹ 

we will follow ²  the Lord our God forever.

Mikha 6:8

6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good,

and what the Lord really wants from you: ³ 

He wants you to ⁴  promote ⁵  justice, to be faithful, ⁶ 

and to live obediently before ⁷  your God.

[4:5]  ¹ tn Heb “walk each in the name of his god.” The term “name” here has the idea of “authority.” To “walk in the name” of a god is to recognize the god’s authority as binding over one’s life.

[4:5]  ² tn Heb “walk in the name of.”

[6:8]  ³ sn What the Lord really wants from you. Now the prophet switches roles and answers the hypothetical worshiper’s question. He makes it clear that the Lord desires proper attitudes more than ritual and sacrifice.

[6:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “except.” This statement is actually linked with what precedes, “What does he want from you except….”

[6:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “to do,” in the sense of “promote.”

[6:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “to love faithfulness.”

[6:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “to walk humbly [or perhaps, “carefully”] with.”