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OET-RV MIC

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Micah

(Heb. Mikah)

Introduction

The prophets Micah (Heb. Mikah) and Yesha’yah (Isaiah) lived at the same time—Micah came from a town in the southern kingdom of Yehudah. God revealed to Micah the coming destruction to Yehudah that had been prophesied by the prophet Amos concerning the northern kingdom. Yahweh would punish the people due to their disobedient actions and due to his anger over their biased court decisions, but the account of prophet Micah also talks about a hopeful future.

Now there are famous prophecies included in this document : Yahweh’s announcement about ruling the entire world and bringing of peace/prosperity (4:1-4), the prophesying concerning the coming king from David’s descendants bringing of peace/prosperity (5:2-5a); and the vital command taught by prophet Micah there to Israel: “[Yahweh] has told humanity what is good, and what [he] requires from you: Act justly, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.” (6:8)

Main components of this document

The punishment of Israel and Yehudah 1:1-3:12

The arrival of promised teacher of Israel bringing good living 4:1-5:15

The warning and telling of hopefulness 6:1-7:20

This is still a very early look into the unfinished text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

1This is Yahweh’s message that came to Micah (from Moreshet) in the days of Yehudah’s (Judah’s) kings Yotam (Jotham), Ahaz, and Hizkiyyah (Hezekiah), that he saw concerning Shomron (Samaria) and Yerushalem (Jerusalem).[ref]

1:2Shomron and Yerushalem’s mourning

2Listen, all you peoples.

Let the world and everything in it pay attention.

Let my master Yahweh be against you as a witness,

my master from his sacred temple

3because wow, Yahweh comes out of his place.

He will come down and tread on the high places[fn] of the earth.

4The mountains will melt under him.

The valleys will break apart,

like wax that’s near a fire,

like waters that are poured out from a steep place.


5All that is because of Yakob’s (Jacob’s) disobedience,

and because of the sins of the Israeli people.

What was Yakob’s transgression? Isn’t it Shomron?

What is Yehudah’s (Judah’s) high place? Isn’t it Yerushalem?

6“I will make Shomron a heap of ruins in the countryside

a place for planting vineyards.

Then I’ll pour the stones from her buildings down into the valley

and I’ll uncover her foundations.

7All her carved statues will be smashed into pieces,

and all her wages will be burned with fire.

Yes, I’ll totally destroy all her idols.

Since she used prostitutes’ wages to pay for them,

the crushed pieces of idols will become prostitutes’ wages again.”

8Because of that, I’ll mourn and wail.

I’ll go barefoot and undressed.

I’ll wail like the jackals

and mourn like owls

9because her wound is incurable.

Yes, it’s come to Yehudah.

It’s reached the gate of my peoplereached Jerusalem.

1:10The invasion of enemy of Yerushalem

10Don’t tell about it in Gat.

Don’t weep at all.

I roll myself in the dust at Beyt-Leafrah (the house of dust).

11Pass by undressed and humiliated, inhabitants of Shafir.

Don’t come out, inhabitants of Tsa’anan.

Beyt-Haetsel mourns—its place to stand is taken from you

12because the inhabitants of Marot wait anxiously for good,

because disaster has come down from Yahweh to Yerushalem’s gates.

13Harness the chariot to the team of horses, inhabitants of Lakish.

She was the beginning of sin for the daughter of Tsiyyon (Zion),

because Israel’s transgressions were first found in you.

14So you’ll give parting gifts to Moreshet-Gat.

The town of Akzib will deceive Israel’s kings.


15I will again bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah.

Israel’s best will come to Adullam.

16Shave your head

and cut off your hair

for the children who you delight in.

Make yourselves as bald as eagles,

because they’ll be taken from you and into exile.

2:1Punishing the oppressors

2Woe to those who plan to do wicked things—

to those who do evil on their beds.

They do it in the morning light

because they make use of their power.

2They see fields that they’d like and seize them,

and houses and they just take them.

They’ll oppress a man and his household—

even taking property handed down in the family.


3Therefore Yahweh says,

“Listen, I’m planning to bring disaster against this clan,

which you won’t be able to avoid.

You won’t walk so proudly,

because it’ll be a terrible time for you all.

4In that day someone will sing a song against you all.

and mourn with a song of wailing,

and say, ‘We’re completely ruined.

Yahweh changes my people’s territory.

How can he remove the land from me?

He divides our fields up to give to traitors.’ ”


5Therefore, there’ll be no one in Yahweh’s assembly

who’ll have authority to measure you out any more land.


6“Don’t tell us that,”

they tell us!

“They shouldn’t preach those things—

that sort of disgrace will never happen to us.”

7Do Yakob’s descendants really ask,

“Is the Yahweh’s spirit impatient?

Are these his actions?”

Don’t my words do good to anyone who obeys them?


8Lately my people have risen up against me like an enemy.

You strip the rich robe off those who’re innocently going past,

like a soldier on the battlefield might have done to his enemy.

9You’ve driven our widows out of their pleasant houses.

You’ve forever deprived their young children of what I’d blessed them with.

10Get ready and leave because this isn’t a place for resting.

It’s about to be completely destroyed because of its disobedience.


11If someone comes to you full of talk and lies and says,

“I’ll prophesy to you about enjoying wine and strong drink,”

he’d be considered to be a prophet for this people.

12I will certainly gather all of you, Yakob.

I’ll definitely assemble the remnant of Yisrael.

I’ll bring them together like sheep in a pen—

like a flock in the middle of their pasture.

Noisy because there’ll be so many people.


13Someone will go in front of them to break open the way.

They’ll force open the gate and go out.

Their king will pass on ahead of them.

Yahweh will be at their head.

3:1Scolding Israel’s leaders and prophets

3Then I said, “Now listen,

you leaders of Yakob (Jacob),

and rulers of the house of Yisra’el (Israel):

Isn’t it your responsibility to understand justice?

2Those who hate good

and love evil,

those who tear their skin off them

and their flesh from their bones,

3those who eat the flesh of my people,

and their skin that they’ve stripped off them,

they break their bones,

and chop them in pieces,

just like soup in a pot—

like meat in a cauldron.

4Then they’ll call out to Yahweh for help,

but he won’t answer them.

He’ll hide himself from them at that time,

because they’ve done evil things.”


5So Yahweh speaks out against the ‘prophets’ who lead his people astray:

“They lie through their teeth and proclaim, ‘Peace.’

They’re fighting against the one who never put a single word into their mouths.

6Therefore, it’ll be night for you prophets, without any visions.

It will be dark for you all, without any prophesying.

The sun will go down on the ‘prophets’,

and the day will be black for them.

7The tellers of the future will be put to shame,

and the diviners will be disgraced.

They will cover their lips, all of them,

because there’ll be no answer from God.”


8But I’m full of power from Yahweh’s spirit,

and full of justice and strength,

to declare to Yakob his disobedience,

and to Yisra’el his sin.

9Now listen to this,

you leaders of the house of Yakob,

and rulers of the house of Yisra’el,

you all who detest justice,

and who take everything that’s right and make it crooked.

10You build Tsiyyon (Zion) with blood

and Yerushalem with evil.

11Her leaders judge for a bribe,

her priests teach for a price,

and her prophets do divination for money.

Yet they claim to depend on Yahweh, and they say,

“Isn’t Yahweh right here with us?

Nothing bad can happen to us.”


12Therefore, because of you all,

Tsiyyon will become a ploughed field,

Yerushalem will become a heap of rubble,

and the temple hill will become covered with scrub.[ref]

4:1The return of all person of worshipping God

(Isa. 2:2-4)

4In the last days it’ll come about

that the mountain where Yahweh’s residence is

will become more important than other mountains.

Then it’ll be lifted above the hills,

and peoples will stream to it.

2Many nations will go and say,

“Come, let’s go up to Yahweh’s mountain,

to the house of the Yakob’s God

so that he will teach us his ways,

and we will walk on his paths.”

For the law will go out from Tsiyyon,

and Yahweh’s message from Yerushalem.


3He’ll judge among many peoples

and will arbitrate for strong countries far away.

They’ll beat their swords into plough blades

and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nations won’t attack other nations,

nor will they train for war any longer.

4Then every person will be able to sit under their grapevine

and under their fig tree.

No one will make them afraid,

because army commander Yahweh has spoken.[ref]


5All various people groups follow their own god,

but we will obey our God Yahweh’s instructions

forever and ever.

4:6The returning home of from-Israel from capture

6Yahweh declares: “At that time, I’ll gather the lame people

and assemble those who were scattered—those who I’ve done harm to.

7And I will turn those lame people into a growing group,

and those scattered ones into a strong nation,

and Yahweh will reign over them on Mt. Tsiyyon (Zion),

from now and until forever.


8And you, watchtower for the flock,

hill of the daughter of Tsiyyon

to you it will come—your former dominion will arrive—

the kingdom that belongs to the daughter of Yerushalem.

9Now, why do you shout so loudly?

Is it because you don’t have a king?

Is it because your advisor passed away

that pain’s gripping you like that of a woman in labour.

10Be in pain and labour daughter of Tsiyyon,

like a woman giving birth.

For now you need to go out of the city

and live in the countryside.

Then you’ll go to Babylon and be rescued from there.

There Yahweh will redeem you from your enemies’ control.

11Now many nations have assembled against you.

They say, ‘Let her be overrun.

Let our eyes gloat over Tsiyyon’s fall.’

12But those enemies don’t know Yahweh’s thoughts,

and they don’t understand his plans,

because he’s gathered them up like bundles of grain ready to be broken on the threshing floor.


13Get going and thresh, daughter of Tsiyyon,

because I’ll make your horn into iron,

and I’ll make your hooves into bronze.

And you’ll break many peoples into pieces

and you’ll confiscate their unjust earnings to devote to Yahweh

their wealth will be for the master of the whole world.”

5Now come together in battle ranks, daughter of soldiers.

A siege has been set up against us.

They strike Israel’s judge on the cheek with a rod.

5:2God promises a ruler from Beyt-Lekem

2But you, Beyt-Lekem (Bethlehem) Efratah,

even though you’re insignificant among Yehudah’s (Judah’s) clans,

out of you, one will come to me to rule in Yisrael,

whose beginning is from ancient times—

from everlasting.[ref]


3Therefore God will hand them over to their enemies,

until the time when the woman in labour gives birth,

and the rest of his brothers return to the people of Israel.

4He’ll stand and shepherd his flock with Yahweh’s strength,

in the majesty of the name of his God Yahweh.

They’ll remain, because then he will be famous to the ends of the earth.

5That one will be our peace.

When the Assyrians come into our land

and when they march against our fortresses,

then we’ll raise seven shepherds against them

and eight leaders of men.

5:6God’s salvation and his vengeance

6They’ll shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword—

that country founded by Nimrod in its entrances.

He’ll rescue us from the Assyrians,

when they come into our land,

when they march inside our borders.[ref]


7The remnant of Yakob will end up among many peoples,

like dew from Yahweh,

like showers on the grass,

that don’t need help from any person,

and they don’t rely on human intervention.

8The remnant of Yakob will be among the nations,

among many peoples,

like a lion among the animals of the forest,

like a young lion among the flocks of sheep.

As he passes through them,

he’ll trample over them and tear them to pieces,

and there’ll be no one to save them.

9You’ll use your power against your enemies,

and they’ll be destroyed.


10Yahweh declares: “At that time,

I’ll wipe out your horses

and demolish your chariots.

11I’ll destroy the cities in your country

and tear down all your fortresses.

12I’ll destroy the witchcraft that you practise,

and you’ll no longer have any diviners.

13I’ll destroy your carved statues,

and the engraved stone pillars from among you.

You’ll no longer worship the workmanship of your hands.

14I’ll topple your Asherah poles where you worship,

and I’ll destroy your cities.

15In my anger, I’ll execute vengeance

on the nations that haven’t obeyed.

6:1Yahweh’s challenge to Israel

6Now listen to what Yahweh says,

Take action, present your case to the mountains.

and let the hills hear your voice.

2Listen to Yahweh’s lawsuit, you mountains,

and you enduring foundations of the earth,

because Yahweh has a lawsuit with his people,

and he’ll present evidence against Israel.”

3“My people, what have I done to you?

How have I worn you down?

Present your case against me.

4I rescued you out of slavery

and brought you out of Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim).

I sent Mosheh, Aharon, and Miryam to you.[ref]

5My people, remember what Moav’s King Balak devised,

and how Beor’s son Balaam answered that king

as you went from Shittim to Gilgal.

Think about that so you can know Yahweh’s righteous actions.”[ref]

6:6The desire of Master God

6What should I bring to Yahweh,

as I bow down to the high God?

Should I come to him with burnt offerings,

with year-old calves?

7Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams,

or with ten thousand rivers of oil?

Should I sacrifice my oldest child to pay for my disobedience—

my biological offspring to pay for my own sin?

8He has told humanity what is good,

and what Yahweh requires from you:

Act justly,

love kindness,

and walk humbly with your God.


9Yahweh is making a proclamation to the city

even now wisdom is calling out to you:

Pay attention to the rod of punishment,

and to the one who has put it in place.

10There’s dishonest wealth in wicked people’s houses,

along with hated false weights and measures.

11Should I consider people to be innocent if they use fraudulent scales

or a bag of deceptive weights?

12The city’s rich men are full of violence,

the inhabitants have spoken lies,

and you can’t believe a word that they say.

13Therefore I’ll strike you with a terrible blow,

and I’ll make you into a desolate country because of your sins.

14You’ll eat but not be satisfied—your emptiness will remain inside you.

You’ll store goods away but not be able to save them, and what you do save I will be taken by force.

15You’ll sow, but not harvest.

You’ll tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with their oil.

You’ll press grapes, but not drink the wine.

16As a city, you’ve kept the regulations made by King Omri,

and behaved similarly to Ahab’s evil descendants.

You walk by their advice, so I’ll make you into a ruin.

People will hiss at your inhabitants,

and my people will mock you.”[ref]

7:1Dysfunctional society

7I’m miserable because I’ve become like the gathering of left-over fruit,

and like the grapes that have already been gleaned.

There’s no grape clusters to eat,

and none of the ripe early figs that I really felt like.

2The faithful people have disappeared from the land.

There is no godly person among all mankind.

They all lie in wait to shed blood

each one hunts his own fellow countryman with a net.

3They’re very good at doing harm:

the leader asks for money,

the judge is ready for bribes,

and the powerful man is telling others what he wants to obtain,

and so they scheme together.

4The best of them is like a thorn-bush.

The most upright is worse than a prickly hedge.


It’s the day foretold by your watchmen

the day of your punishment.

Now is the time of their confusion.

5Don’t trust any neighbour.

Put no confidence in any friend.

Be careful about what you say

even to the woman who lies in your arms,

6because sons dishonour their fathers,

daughters rise up against their mothers,

and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law.

A person’s enemies are the people in their own household.[ref]


7But as for me, I’ll look out for Yahweh.

I’ll wait for the God who saves me.

My God will hear me.

7:8The saving/explaining of Master God

8Don’t be happy about what happened to me, my enemy.

After I fall, I’ll get up and stand again.

When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light for me.

9Because I sinned against Yahweh, I’ll endure his rage

until he pleads my cause on my behalf, and executes judgment for me.

He’ll bring me to the light, and I’ll see him rescue me in his justice.

10Then my enemy will see it,

and shame will cover the one who said to me,

“Where is Yahweh your God?”

My eyes will look at her;

she’ll be trampled down like the mud in the streets.


11The time will come for rebuilding your walls.

On that day your boundaries will be greatly expanded.

12On that day your people will come to you,

from Assyria and the cities in Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim),

from Egypt to the Euphrates River,

from sea to sea,

and from mountain to mountain.

13But the land will be desolate

because of the people who are living there,

because of the fruit of their actions.

7:14The mercy of God of Israel

14Shepherd your people with your staff

the flock of your inheritance.

They live alone in a forest,

surrounded by pastureland.

Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the old days.

15Just like in the days when you were rescued out of Egypt,

I’ll display miracles to them.

16The nations will see and be ashamed of all their power.

They’ll put their hands over their mouths

and act like their ears are deaf.

17They’ll lick the dust like a snake

like creatures that crawl on the earth.

They’ll be trembling as they come out of their fortresses.

They’ll come with fear to you, our God Yahweh,

and they’ll be afraid because of you.


18What other God is there like you, who takes away sin?

Who forgives the disobedience of the remnant of his inherited people?

He doesn’t stay angry forever,

because he happily demonstrates his loyal commitment.

19You’ll have compassion on us yet again.

You’ll wipe away our disobedience.

You will throw all our sins into the deepest parts of the sea.

20You’ll give truth to Yakob (Jacob)

and loyal commitment to Abraham,

as you promised to our ancestors long ago.


1:3 Possibly referring to the pagan temples which were often constructed on hilltops.


1:1: a 2Ki 15:32-38; 2Ch 27:1-9; b 2Ki 16:1-20; 2Ch 28:1-27; c 2Ki 18:1–20:21; 2Ch 29:1–32:33.

3:12: Jer 26:18.

4:4: Zech 3:10.

5:2: Mat 2:6; Yhn 7:42.

5:6: Gen 10:8-11.

6:4: a Exo 12:50-51; b Exo 4:10-16; c Exo 15:20.

6:5: a Num 22:2–24:25; b Josh 3:1–4:19.

6:16: a 1Ki 16:23-28; b 1Ki 16:29-34; 21:25-26.

7:6: Mat 10:35-36; Luk 12:53.