OET MIC chapter 1

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

1:2 Shomron and Yerushalem’s mourning

Both kingdoms

2 Listen, 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

3 because wow, Yahweh comes out of his place.

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

4 The 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.

5 All 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.

7 All her carved statues will be smashed into pieces,

and all her wages will be burnt.

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.”

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

I’ll go barefoot and undressed.

I’ll wail like the jackals

≈ and mourn like owls

9 because her wound is incurable.

Yes, it’s come to Yehudah.

≈ It’s reached the gate of my people—reached Jerusalem.

1:10 War is coming to Yerushalem

Southern kingdom

10 Don’t tell about it in Gat.

Don’t weep at all.

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

11 Pass 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

12 because the inhabitants of Marot wait anxiously for good,

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

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

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

because Yisrael’s transgressions were first found in you.

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

The town of Akzib will deceive Yisrael’s kings.

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

Yisrael’s best will come to Adullam.

16 Shave 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.

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.

1 The _message _of YHWH which it _came to Mīkāh the_Mōrashtiy in_the _days _of Yōtām/(Jotham) ʼĀḩāz Ḩizqiy^yāh the _kings _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) which he _saw on Shomrōn and_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).

2 Hear Oh _peoples of _them _of_all pay _attention Oh _earth and_what _of_fills _it and_let _it _be my_master YHWH in_you(pl) (into)_a_witness my_master from_the _temple _of his _holiness _of_his.

3 If/because HERE YHWH is_about _to _go _forth from_place _of_his and_he _will _come _down and_he _will _tread on the _high _places _of[fn] the_earth.

4 And_they _will _melt the_mountains under_him and_the_valleys they _will _be _cleft like_wax from_face/in _front _of the_fire like_water poured _out on_a _descent.

5 is_for_the _transgression _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) all _of this and_for_the _sins _of the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) who is_the _transgression _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ am_not is_it_Shomrōn and_who are_the _high _places _of Yəhūdāh am_not is_it_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).

6 And_I _will _make Shomrōn into _(the)_heap _of _ruins _of the_field into_planting _place(s)_of a _vineyard and_I _will _pour _down to_valley stones _of_its and_foundations _of_its I _will _uncover.

7 And_all images _of_its they _will _be _crushed and_all hire(s)_of_its they _will _be _burnt with_fire and_all idols _of_its I _will _make a _waste if/because from_the_hire _of a _prostitute it _gathered_them and_unto the_hire _of a _prostitute they _will _return.

8 On this I _will _lament and_I _will _wail I _will _go barefoot[fn] and_naked I _will _make a _lament like_jackals and_a _mourning like_the_daughters _of an _ostrich.

9 If/because is_incurable wounds _of_its if/because it _has _come to Yəhūdāh/(Judah) it _has _reached to the _gate _of my _people _of_my to Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).

10 In_Gath do _not tell at _all _(weep) do _not weep in_house _of leaphrah dust roll _yourself[fn].

11 Pass _on to/for_you(pl) Oh _inhabitant[s]_of Shaphir bareness shame not she _came _forth of_Tsaʼₐnān/(Zaanan) the _inhabitant[s]_of the _lament _of Bēyt Ezel it _will _take from_you(pl) ground _of_its _standing.

12 If/because she _is _in _anguish for_good the _inhabitant[s]_of Mārōt if/because it _has _come _down calamity from_with YHWH to_the _gate _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).

13 Harness the_chariot to_steed[s] Oh _inhabitant[s]_of Lākīsh was_the_beginning _of sin it for_the _daughter _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) if/because in_you the _transgressions _of they _were _found of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

14 For_so/thus/hence you _will _give parting _gifts to Moresheth Gath the _houses _of ʼAkzīⱱ will_become_(into)_a _deceitful _thing to_the _kings _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

15 Again the_one_who_dispossesses I _will _bring to/for_you(fs) Oh _inhabitant[s]_of Marʼēshāh to ˊAdullām[fn][fn][fn] the _glory _of he _will _come of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

16 Make _bald and_shave on the _children _of your(pl)_delights _of_your make _large baldness _of_your like_eagle if/because they _will _go _into _exile from_you.

1:3 OSHB variant note: במותי: (x-qere) ’בָּ֥מֳתֵי’: lemma_1116 morph_HNcfpc id_33Wkf בָּ֥מֳתֵי

1:8 OSHB variant note: שילל: (x-qere) ’שׁוֹלָ֖ל’: lemma_7758 n_1.0 morph_HAamsa id_33jQ8 שׁוֹלָ֖ל

1:10 OSHB variant note: התפלשתי: (x-qere) ’הִתְפַּלָּֽשִׁי’: lemma_6428 n_0 morph_HVtv2fs id_33aMT הִתְפַּלָּֽשִׁי

1:15 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

1:15 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

1:15 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.

• Zechariah (796 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 24:20] => Jerusalem
• Jonah (780 B.C.) [2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1] => Gath-hepher, Nineveh
• Hosea (770 B.C.) [Hosea 1:1] => Samaria?
• Amos (760 B.C.) [Amos 1:1] => Bethel
• Isaiah (730 B.C.) [2 Kings 19:2; 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:22; 32:20, 32; Isaiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Micah (730 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1] => Moresheth
• Nahum (650 B.C.) [Nahum 1:1] => Elkosh (Capernaum?)
• Zephaniah (630 B.C.) [Zephaniah 1:1] => Jerusalem?
• Huldah (630 B.C.) [2 Kings 22:14] => Jerusalem
• Habakkuk (600 B.C.) [Habakkuk 1:1; 3:1] => Jerusalem?
• Ezekiel (592 B.C.) [Ezekiel 1:3] => Babylonia/Chebar River
• Uriah (600 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:20] => Kiriath-jearim
• Jeremiah (587 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 36:12; Jeremiah 1:1; 19:14] => Jerusalem
• Obadiah (586 B.C.) [Obadiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Daniel (560 B.C.) [Daniel 7:1; Matthew 24:15] => Babylon
• Haggai (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Haggai 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Zechariah (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Zechariah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Malachi (432 B.C.) [Malachi 1:1] => Jerusalem?

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

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