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 7:3
Context7:3 They are determined to be experts at doing evil; 4
government officials and judges take bribes, 5
prominent men make demands,
and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them. 6
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 “upon evil [are their] hands to do [it] well.”
5 tn Heb “the official asks – and the judge – for a bribe.”
6 tn More literally, “the great one announces what his appetite desires and they weave it together.” Apparently this means that subordinates plot and maneuver to make sure the prominent man’s desires materialize.
