unfoldingWord_en_tn/mic/07/11.md

# General Information:

Micah speaks to the people of Israel as if he were speaking to one man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])

# A day to build your walls will come

Here "walls" refers to the walls around their cities, which provided safety and security from their enemies.

# the boundaries will be extended very far

This can be translated in active form. AT: "Yahweh will greatly extend the boundaries of your land" or "Yahweh will greatly increase the size of your kingdom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# the River

You may need to make explicit the name of river. AT: "the Euphrates River" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# from sea to sea

You may need to make explicit the names of the seas. "from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Dead Sea in the east" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# from mountain to mountain

"from one mountain to another." Micah does not speak of any particular mountain. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# the land will be desolate

"the land will be empty" or "no one will live in the land"

# because of the fruit of their actions

Fruit is a metaphor for the results of an earlier action. AT: "because of the results of what they have done" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/peopleofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/assyria]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/egypt]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/euphrates]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fruit]]