diff --git a/mic/03/12.md b/mic/03/12.md index 4db08f032b..411b593392 100644 --- a/mic/03/12.md +++ b/mic/03/12.md @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ # because of you -Here "you" refers to the priests, prophets, and leaders ([Micah 3:11](../03/11.md)). +Here "you" refers to the priests, prophets, and leaders. See the previous verse. # Zion ... Jerusalem ... hill of the temple -Possible meanings are 1) Yahweh is speaking, respectively, of the royal palace, the places where the people of Jerusalem lived and did business, and the area where the temple was located or 2) he is referring to Jerusalem as a whole three times by synecdoche. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]]) +Possible meanings are: Yahweh is speaking, respectively, of the royal palace, the places where the people of Jerusalem lived and did business, and the area where the temple was located or he is referring to Jerusalem as a whole three times. # Zion will become a plowed field -When a farmer plows a field, he turns over all the dirt, uproots and removes all the plants growing there, and leaves it clear so he can plant it. Yahweh will allow the invaders to completely destroy Zion. Alternate translation: "Zion will become like a field that a farmer has cleared so he can plant it" or "Zion will no longer have buildings on it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"Zion will become like a field that a farmer has cleared so he can plant it" or "Zion will no longer have buildings on it". Yahweh will allow the invaders to completely destroy Zion. # Zion @@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ the royal palace in Jerusalem # high places of a thicket -Here the word "thicket" describes the phrase "high place." A thicket is a place with so many bushes that no one can use it for anything. The phrase "high place" is often used for a place for false worship. The hill of the temple had been the most important land in Jerusalem, but now it would become useless even for false worship. - +A thicket is a place with so many bushes that no one can use it for anything. The phrase "high place" is often used for a place for false worship. The hill of the temple had been the most important land in Jerusalem, but now it would become useless even for false worship. \ No newline at end of file