Yesaya 60:18

60:18 Sounds of violence ¹  will no longer be heard in your land,

or the sounds of ²  destruction and devastation within your borders.

You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’

and your gates, ‘Praise.’

Mazmur 24:7

24:7 Look up, ³  you gates!

Rise up, ⁴  you eternal doors!

Then the majestic king ⁵  will enter! ⁶ 

Yesaya 62:10

62:10 Come through! Come through the gates!

Prepare the way for the people!

Build it! Build the roadway!

Remove the stones!

Lift a signal flag for the nations!

Mikha 2:13

2:13 The one who can break through barriers will lead them out ⁷ 

they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave. ⁸ 

Their king will advance ⁹  before them,

The Lord himself will lead them. ¹⁰ 

Mikha 1:1

Introduction

1:1 This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to ¹¹  Micah of Moresheth. He delivered this message ¹²  during the reigns of ¹³  Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The prophecies pertain to ¹⁴  Samaria ¹⁵  and Jerusalem. ¹⁶ 

[60:18]  ¹ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[60:18]  ² tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[24:7]  ³ tn Heb “lift up your heads.” The gates of the Lord’s dwelling place are here personified. The idiom “lift up the head” often means “be confident, bold” (see Judg 8:28; Job 10:15; Ps 83:2; Zech 1:21).

[24:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “lift yourselves up.”

[24:7]  ⁵ tn Or “king of glory.”

[24:7]  ⁶ tn Following the imperatives of the preceding lines, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result.

[2:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “the one who breaks through goes up before them.” The verb form is understood as a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of this coming event.

[2:13]  ⁸ tn The three verb forms (a perfect and two preterites with vav [ו] consecutive) indicate certitude.

[2:13]  sn The “fold” from which the sheep/people break out is probably a reference to their place of exile.

[2:13]  ⁹ tn The verb form (a preterite with vav [ו] consecutive) indicates certitude.

[2:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord [will be] at their head.”

[1:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “The word of the Lord which came to.”

[1:1]  ¹² tn The words “he delivered this message” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[1:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the days of” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[1:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “which he saw concerning.”

[1:1]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[1:1]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.