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 Hizkiyyah (Hezekiah), that he saw concerning Shomron (Samaria) and Yerushalem (Jerusalem).[ref]

1:2 Shomron and Yerushalem’s mourning

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 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.”

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.

2 Hear Oh _peoples all _of_them pay _attention Oh _earth and_all _that _is _in _of_it and_let _it _be my_master YHWH in/on/at/with_you _all as_witness my_master from_temple _of holy _of_his.
3 If/because here YHWH is_about _to _go _forth from_place _of_his and_come _down and_tread on the _high _places _of[fn] the_earth.
4 And_melt the_mountains under_him and_the_valleys they _will _be _cleft like _the_wax from_face/in _front _of the_fire like_water poured _out in/on/at/with_steep _place.
5 In/on/at/with_rebellion _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) all _of this and_in/on/at/with_sins _of the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) who is_the _transgression _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ am_not is_it_Shomrōn and_what are_the _high _places _of Yəhūdāh am_not is_it_Yərūshālam.
6 And_make Shomrōn as_heap _of _rubble _of the_field into_place _for _planting _of a _vineyard and_pour _down into _the_valley stones _of_her and_foundations _of_her I _will _uncover.
7 And_all idols _of_her they _will _be _crushed and_all wages _of_her they _will _be _burned in/on/at/with_fire and_all idols _of_her I _will _make a _waste if/because from_wages _of a _prostitute it _gathered_them and_unto the_hire _of a _prostitute they _will _return.
8 On this I _will _lament and_wail I _will _go barefoot[fn] and_naked I _will _make a _lament like _the_jackals and_mourning like_daughters _of an _ostrich.
9 If/because is_incurable wound _of_her if/because it _has _come to Yəhūdāh/(Judah) it _has _reached to the _gate _of people _of_my to Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).

1:10 The invasion of enemy of Yerushalem

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 Israel’s transgressions were first found in you.

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

The town of Akzib will deceive Israel’s kings.

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

Israel’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.

10 In/on/at/with_Gat do _not tell at _all _(weep) do _not weep in_house _of leaphrah dust roll _yourself[fn].
11 Pass _on to/for_you _all Oh _inhabitant[s]_of Shāfīr bareness shame not she _came _forth of_Tsaʼₐnān/(Zaanan) the _inhabitant[s]_of the _lament _of Bēyt Hāʼēʦel it _will _take from_you _all support _of_its.
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_gate _of Yərūshālam.
13 Harness the_chariot to _the_team _of _horses Oh _inhabitant[s]_of Lākīsh was_the_beginning _of sin it to_daughter _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) if/because in/on/at/with_you the _transgressions _of they _were _found of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).
14 For_so/thus/hence you _will _give parting _gifts to Mōrashtiy Gat the _houses _of ʼAkzīⱱ to_deception to_kings _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).
15 Again the_conqueror 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_cut _off on the _children _of delight _of_your make _large bald _of_yourselves as _as _the_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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