Mikha 4:5

4:5 Though all the nations follow their respective gods, ¹ 

we will follow ²  the Lord our God forever.

Mikha 5:4

5:4 He will assume his post ³  and shepherd the people ⁴  by the Lord’s strength,

by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. ⁵ 

They will live securely, ⁶  for at that time he will be honored ⁷ 

even in the distant regions of ⁸  the earth.

[4:5]  ¹ tn Heb “walk each in the name of his god.” The term “name” here has the idea of “authority.” To “walk in the name” of a god is to recognize the god’s authority as binding over one’s life.

[4:5]  ² tn Heb “walk in the name of.”

[5:4]  ³ tn Heb “stand up”; NAB “stand firm”; NASB “will arise.”

[5:4]  ⁴ tn The words “the people” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “by the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.”

[5:4]  ⁶ tn The words “in peace” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Perhaps וְיָשָׁבוּ (vÿyashavu, “and they will live”) should be emended to וְשָׁבוּ (vÿshavu, “and they will return”).

[5:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “be great.”

[5:4]  ⁸ tn Or “to the ends of.”