Discovery BoxMicah 1:1 
Context1:1 This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to 1 Micah of Moresheth. He delivered this message 2 during the reigns of 3 Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The prophecies pertain to 4 Samaria 5 and Jerusalem. 6
Micah 3:4
Context3:4 Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, 7
but he will not answer them.
He will hide his face from them at that time,
because they have done such wicked deeds.”
Micah 4:4-7
Context4:4 Each will sit under his own grapevine
or under his own fig tree without any fear. 8
The Lord who commands armies has decreed it. 9
4:5 Though all the nations follow their respective gods, 10
we will follow 11 the Lord our God forever.
4:6 “In that day,” says the Lord, “I will gather the lame,
and assemble the outcasts whom I injured. 12
4:7 I will transform the lame into the nucleus of a new nation, 13
and those far off 14 into a mighty nation.
The Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion,
from that day forward and forevermore.” 15
Micah 5:7
Context5:7 Those survivors from 16 Jacob will live 17
in the midst of many nations. 18
They will be like the dew the Lord sends,
like the rain on the grass,
that does not hope for men to come
or wait around for humans to arrive. 19
Micah 7:7-8
Context7:7 But I will keep watching for the Lord;
I will wait for the God who delivers me.
My God will hear my lament. 20
7:8 My enemies, 21 do not gloat 22 over me!
Though I have fallen, I will get up.
Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. 23
1 tn Heb “The word of the
2 tn The words “he delivered this message” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.
3 tn Heb “in the days of” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “which he saw concerning.”
5 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
7 tn Heb “then they will cry out to the
8 tn Heb “and there will be no one making [him] afraid.”
9 tn Heb “for the mouth of the
10 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.
11 tn Heb “walk in the name of.”
12 sn The exiles of the nation are compared to lame and injured sheep.
13 tn Heb “make the lame into a remnant.”
14 tn The precise meaning of this difficult form is uncertain. The present translation assumes the form is a Niphal participle of an otherwise unattested denominative verb הָלָא (hala’, “to be far off”; see BDB 229 s.v.), but attractive emendations include הַנַּחֲלָה (hannakhalah, “the sick one[s]”) from חָלָה (khalah) and הַנִּלְאָה (hannil’ah, “the weary one[s]”) from לָאָה (la’ah).
15 tn Heb “from now until forever.”
16 tn Heb “the remnant of” (also in v. 8).
17 tn Heb “will be.”
18 tn This could mean “(scattered) among the nations” (cf. CEV, NLT) or “surrounded by many nations” (cf. NRSV).
19 tn Heb “that does not hope for man, and does not wait for the sons of men.”
sn Men wait eagerly for the dew and the rain, not vice versa. Just as the dew and rain are subject to the
20 tn Heb “me.” In the interest of clarity the nature of the prophet’s cry has been specified as “my lament” in the translation.
21 tn The singular form is understood as collective.
22 tn Or “rejoice” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “don’t laugh at me.”
23 sn Darkness represents judgment; light (also in v. 9) symbolizes deliverance. The
