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OET (OET-LV) Best_of_them like_brier an_upright_person than_thorn_hedge the_day_of watchmen_of_your punishment_of_your it_has_come now confusion_of_their it_will_be.
OET (OET-RV) The 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.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
(Occurrence 0) The best of them is like a brier, the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge
(Some words not found in UHB: best_of,them like,brier upright than,thorn_hedge day watchmen_of,your punishment_of,your come now is confusion_of,their )
Briers and thorns are good for nothing and harm those who touch them. The Israelite rulers and judges did nothing good and harmed people.
(Occurrence 0) the most upright
(Some words not found in UHB: best_of,them like,brier upright than,thorn_hedge day watchmen_of,your punishment_of,your come now is confusion_of,their )
Alternate translation: “those of them who try hardest to do what is good”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) It is the day foretold by your watchmen, the day of your punishment
(Some words not found in UHB: best_of,them like,brier upright than,thorn_hedge day watchmen_of,your punishment_of,your come now is confusion_of,their )
Micah speaks to the people of Israel, so both instances of “your” are plural. Alternate translation: “Their prophets have told them that Yahweh would punish them”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
(Occurrence 0) Now is the time of their confusion
(Some words not found in UHB: best_of,them like,brier upright than,thorn_hedge day watchmen_of,your punishment_of,your come now is confusion_of,their )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word confusion, you can express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: “Now is when they do not understand what is happening”
7:4 your judgment day is coming: The people of Israel would soon be conquered by the Assyrians, the people of Judah would soon face destruction at the hands of the Babylonians, and all the people of the earth will soon face God in judgment.
OET (OET-LV) Best_of_them like_brier an_upright_person than_thorn_hedge the_day_of watchmen_of_your punishment_of_your it_has_come now confusion_of_their it_will_be.
OET (OET-RV) The 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.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.