Discovery BoxMicah 2:1 
Context2:1 Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, 1
those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. 2
As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, 3
because they have the power to do so.
Micah 3:4
Context3:4 Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, 4
but he will not answer them.
He will hide his face from them at that time,
because they have done such wicked deeds.”
Micah 3:12
Context3:12 Therefore, because of you, 5 Zion will be plowed up like 6 a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
and the Temple Mount 7 will become a hill overgrown with brush! 8
1 tn Heb “Woe to those who plan sin.” The Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy, “woe”; “ah”) was a cry used in mourning the dead.
2 tn Heb “those who do evil upon their beds.”
3 tn Heb “at the light of morning they do it.”
4 tn Heb “then they will cry out to the
5 tn The plural pronoun refers to the leaders, priests, and prophets mentioned in the preceding verse.
6 tn Or “into” (an adverbial accusative of result).
7 tn Heb “the mountain of the house” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).
8 tn Heb “a high place of overgrowth.”
