Mikha 2:10

2:10 But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! ¹ 

For this land is not secure! ² 

Sin will thoroughly destroy it! ³ 

Mikha 4:11

4:11 Many nations have now assembled against you.

They say, “Jerusalem must be desecrated, ⁴ 

so we can gloat over Zion!” ⁵ 

[2:10]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “for this is no resting place.” The Lord speaks to the oppressors.

[2:10]  ³ tn Heb “uncleanness will destroy, and destruction will be severe.”

[4:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “let her be desecrated.” the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and let our eye look upon Zion.”