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Micah 3:6-8
New English Translation
Micah 3:6-8
New English Translation
6 Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions;[a]
it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens.[b]
The sun will set on these prophets,
and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.[c]
7 The prophets[d] will be ashamed;
the omen readers will be humiliated.
All of them will cover their mouths,[e]
for they will receive no divine oracles.”[f]
8 But I[g] am full of the courage that the Lord’s Spirit gives
and have a strong commitment to justice.[h]
This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion
and Israel with its sin.[i]
Footnotes
- Micah 3:6 tn Heb “it will be night for you without a vision.”sn The coming of night (and darkness in the following line) symbolizes the cessation of revelation.
- Micah 3:6 tn Heb “it will be dark for you without divination.”sn The reading of omens (Heb “divination”) was forbidden in the law (Deut 18:10), so this probably reflects the prophets’ view of how they received divine revelation.
- Micah 3:6 tn Heb “and the day will be dark over them.”
- Micah 3:7 tn Or “seers.”
- Micah 3:7 tn Or “the mustache,” or perhaps “the beard.” Cf. KJV, NAB, NRSV “cover their lips.”
- Micah 3:7 tn Heb “no divine response” or “no answer from God.”
- Micah 3:8 sn The prophet Micah speaks here and contrasts himself with the mercenaries just denounced by the Lord in the preceding verses.
- Micah 3:8 tn Heb “am full of power, the Spirit of the Lord, and justice and strength.” The appositional phrase “the Spirit of the Lord” explains the source of the prophet’s power. The phrase “justice and strength” is understood here as a hendiadys, referring to the prophet’s strong sense of justice.
- Micah 3:8 tn Heb “to declare to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin.” The words “this enables me” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
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