Mikha 5:15

5:15 I will angrily seek vengeance

on the nations that do not obey me.” ¹ 

Mikha 6:10

6:10 “I will not overlook, ²  O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, ³ 

or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much. ⁴ 

Mikha 6:12

6:12 The city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; ⁵ 

her inhabitants lie, ⁶ 

their tongues speak deceptive words. ⁷ 

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “I will accomplish in anger and in rage, vengeance on the nations who do not listen.”

[6:10]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “the treasures of sin”; NASB “treasures of wickedness”; NIV “ill-gotten treasures.”

[6:10]  ⁴ 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.

[6:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “because her rich are full of violence.”

[6:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “speak lies.”

[6:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and their tongue is deceptive in their mouth.”