Mikha 4:7
Konteks4:7 I will transform the lame into the nucleus of a new nation, 1
and those far off 2 into a mighty nation.
The Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion,
from that day forward and forevermore.” 3
Mikha 4:13
Konteks4:13 “Get up and thresh, Daughter Zion!
For I will give you iron horns; 4
I will give you bronze hooves,
and you will crush many nations.” 5
You will devote to the Lord the spoils you take from them,
and dedicate their wealth to the sovereign Ruler 6 of the whole earth. 7
[4:7] 1 tn Heb “make the lame into a remnant.”
[4:7] 2 tn The precise meaning of this difficult form is uncertain. The present translation assumes the form is a Niphal participle of an otherwise unattested denominative verb הָלָא (hala’, “to be far off”; see BDB 229 s.v.), but attractive emendations include הַנַּחֲלָה (hannakhalah, “the sick one[s]”) from חָלָה (khalah) and הַנִּלְאָה (hannil’ah, “the weary one[s]”) from לָאָה (la’ah).
[4:7] 3 tn Heb “from now until forever.”
[4:13] 4 tn Heb “I will make your horn iron.”
[4:13] 5 sn Jerusalem (Daughter Zion at the beginning of the verse; cf. 4:8) is here compared to a powerful ox which crushes the grain on the threshing floor with its hooves.
[4:13] 6 tn Or “the Lord” (so many English versions); Heb “the master.”
[4:13] 7 tn Heb “and their wealth to the master of all the earth.” The verb “devote” does double duty in the parallelism and is supplied in the second line for clarification.
[4:13] sn In vv. 11-13 the prophet jumps from the present crisis (which will result in exile, v. 10) to a time beyond the restoration of the exiles when God will protect his city from invaders. The