Mikha 7:11-13

7:11 It will be a day for rebuilding your walls;

in that day your boundary will be extended. ¹ 

A Closing Prayer

7:12 In that day people ²  will come to you ³ 

from Assyria as far as ⁴  Egypt,

from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River, ⁵ 

from the seacoasts ⁶  and the mountains. ⁷ 

7:13 The earth will become desolate ⁸ 

because of what its inhabitants have done. ⁹ 

[7:11]  ¹ sn Personified Jerusalem declares her confidence in vv. 8-10; in this verse she is assured that she will indeed be vindicated.

[7:12]  ² tn Heb “they.” The referent has been specified as “people,” referring either to the nations (coming to God with their tribute) or to the exiles of Israel (returning to the Lord).

[7:12]  ³ tn The masculine pronominal suffix suggests the Lord is addressed. Some emend to a feminine form and take Jerusalem as the addressee.

[7:12]  ⁴ tc The MT reads וְעָרֵי (vÿ’arey, “and the cities [of Egypt]”), but the parallel line indicates this is a corruption of וְעַד (vÿ’ad, “even to”).

[7:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “the River,” referring to the Euphrates River. This has been specified in the translation for clarity (so also NASB, NIV).

[7:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “and sea from sea.” Many prefer to emend this to מִיָּם עַד יָם (miyyam ’ad yam, “from sea to sea”).

[7:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and mountain of the mountain.” Many prefer to emend this to וּמֵהַר עַד הַר (umehar ’ad har, “and mountain to mountain”).

[7:13]  ⁸ tn Or “will be ruined.”

[7:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “on account of its inhabitants, because of the fruit of their deeds.”