Episode 9: When names become omens, part 1
As we saw in the previous episode, Micah begins his oracle against Judah with the ominous words, "Tell it not in Gath" (Micah 1:10). What follows from there may sound quite strange to anyone reading the prophecy in English. The problem is that Micah is engaging in a form of wordplay that only makes sense in Hebrew, and therefore loses something in translation. This episode begins exploring the wordplay in the first part of that oracle, up to verse 12.
As we saw in the previous episode, Micah begins his oracle against Judah with the ominous words, "Tell it not in Gath" (Micah 1:10). What follows from there may sound quite strange to anyone reading the prophecy in English. The problem is that Micah is engaging in a form of wordplay that only makes sense in Hebrew, and therefore loses something in translation. This episode begins exploring the wordplay in the first part of that oracle, up to verse 12.
