Micah 6:8

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

and what the Lord really wants from you: ¹ 

He wants you to ²  promote ³  justice, to be faithful, ⁴ 

and to live obediently before ⁵  your God.

Micah 7:6

7:6 For a son thinks his father is a fool,

a daughter challenges ⁶  her mother,

and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law;

a man’s enemies are his own servants. ⁷ 

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¹ 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.

² tn Heb “except.” This statement is actually linked with what precedes, “What does he want from you except….”

³ tn Heb “to do,” in the sense of “promote.”

⁴ tn Heb “to love faithfulness.”

⁵ tn Heb “to walk humbly [or perhaps, “carefully”] with.”

⁶ tn Heb “rises up against.”

⁷ tn Heb “the enemies of a man are the men of his house.”