Discovery BoxMicah 3:3 
Context3:3 You 1 devour my people’s flesh,
strip off their skin,
and crush their bones.
You chop them up like flesh in a pot 2 –
like meat in a kettle.
Micah 4:7
Context4:7 I will transform the lame into the nucleus of a new nation, 3
and those far off 4 into a mighty nation.
The Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion,
from that day forward and forevermore.” 5
1 tn Heb “who.”
2 tc The MT reads “and they chop up as in a pot.” The translation assumes an emendation of כַּאֲשֶׁר (ka’asher, “as”) to כִּשְׁאֵר (kish’er, “like flesh”).
3 tn Heb “make the lame into a remnant.”
4 tn The precise meaning of this difficult form is uncertain. The present translation assumes the form is a Niphal participle of an otherwise unattested denominative verb הָלָא (hala’, “to be far off”; see BDB 229 s.v.), but attractive emendations include הַנַּחֲלָה (hannakhalah, “the sick one[s]”) from חָלָה (khalah) and הַנִּלְאָה (hannil’ah, “the weary one[s]”) from לָאָה (la’ah).
5 tn Heb “from now until forever.”
