Discovery BoxMicah 3:7 
Context3:7 The prophets 1 will be ashamed;
the omen readers will be humiliated.
All of them will cover their mouths, 2
for they will receive no divine oracles.” 3
Micah 4:5
Context4:5 Though all the nations follow their respective gods, 4
we will follow 5 the Lord our God forever.
Micah 7:16
Context7:16 Nations will see this and be disappointed by 6 all their strength,
they will put their hands over their mouths,
and act as if they were deaf. 7
1 tn Or “seers.”
2 tn Or “the mustache,” or perhaps “the beard.” Cf. KJV, NAB, NRSV “cover their lips.”
3 tn Heb “for there will be no answer from God.”
4 tn Heb “walk each in the name of his god.” The term “name” here has the idea of “authority.” To “walk in the name” of a god is to recognize the god’s authority as binding over one’s life.
5 tn Heb “walk in the name of.”
6 tn Or “be ashamed of.”
7 tn Heb “and their ears will be deaf.” Apparently this means the opposing nations will be left dumbfounded by the
