Discovery BoxMicah 2:3 
Context2:3 Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! 1
It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. 2
You will no longer 3 walk proudly,
for it will be a time of catastrophe.
Micah 3:8
Context3:8 But I 4 am full of the courage that the Lord’s Spirit gives,
and have a strong commitment to justice. 5
This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion,
and Israel with its sin. 6
Micah 7:1
ContextIndeed, 8 it is as if the summer fruit has been gathered,
and the grapes have been harvested. 9
There is no grape cluster to eat,
no fresh figs that I crave so much. 10
1 tn Heb “clan” or “extended family.”
2 tn Heb “from which you will not remove your neck.” The words “It will be like a yoke” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
3 tn Or “you will not.”
4 sn The prophet Micah speaks here and contrasts himself with the mercenaries just denounced by the
5 tn Heb “am full of power, the Spirit of the
6 tn Heb “to declare to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin.” The words “this enables me” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
7 tn Heb “woe to me!” In light of the image that follows, perhaps one could translate, “I am disappointed.”
8 tn Or “for.”
9 tn Heb “I am like the gathering of the summer fruit, like the gleanings of the harvest.” Micah is not comparing himself to the harvested fruit. There is an ellipsis here, as the second half of the verse makes clear. The idea is, “I am like [one at the time] the summer fruit is gathered and the grapes are harvested.”
10 tn Heb “my appetite craves.”
