Discovery BoxMicah 2:4 
Context2:4 In that day people will sing this taunt song to you –
they will mock you with this lament: 1
‘We are completely destroyed;
they sell off 2 the property of my people.
How they remove it from me! 3
They assign our fields to the conqueror.’ 4
Micah 7:9
Context7:9 I must endure 5 the Lord’s anger,
for I have sinned against him.
But then 6 he will defend my cause, 7
and accomplish justice on my behalf.
He will lead me out into the light;
1 tc The form נִהְיָה (nihyah) should be omitted as dittographic (note the preceding וְנָהָה נְהִי vÿnahah nÿhiy).
tn Heb “one will lament [with] a lamentation [and] say.”
2 tn Or “exchange.” The LXX suggests a reading יִמַּד (yimmad) from מָדַד (madad, “to measure”). In this case one could translate, “the property of my people is measured out [i.e., for resale].”
3 tn Heb “how one removes for me.” Apparently the preposition has the nuance “from” here (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
4 tc The Hebrew term שׁוֹבֵב (shovev, “the one turning back”) elsewhere has the nuance “apostate” (cf. NASB) or “traitor” (cf. NIV). The translation assumes an emendation to שָׁבָה (shavah, “captor”).
tn Heb “to the one turning back he assigns our fields.”
5 tn Heb “lift, bear.”
6 tn Heb “until.”
7 tn Or “plead my case” (NASB and NIV both similar); NRSV “until he takes my side.”
8 tn Heb “see.”
9 tn Or “justice, vindication.”
