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 6:8
Context6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good,
and what the Lord really wants from you: 4
He wants you to 5 promote 6 justice, to be faithful, 7
and to live obediently before 8 your God.
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 sn What the
5 tn Heb “except.” This statement is actually linked with what precedes, “What does he want from you except….”
6 tn Heb “to do,” in the sense of “promote.”
7 tn Heb “to love faithfulness.”
8 tn Heb “to walk humbly [or perhaps, “carefully”] with.”
