Micah 1:8-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Micah’s Lament
8 Because of this I will lament and wail;
I will walk barefoot and naked.(A)
I will howl like the jackals(B)
and mourn like ostriches.[a]
9 For her wound is incurable(C)
and has reached even Judah;(D)
it has approached the gate of my people,(E)
as far as Jerusalem.
10 Don’t announce it in Gath,(F)
don’t weep at all.
Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
11 Depart in shameful nakedness,(G)
you residents of Shaphir;
the residents of Zaanan(H) will not come out.
Beth-ezel is lamenting;
its support[b] is taken from you.
12 Though the residents of Maroth
anxiously wait for something good,(I)
disaster has come from the Lord(J)
to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the horses to the chariot,
you residents of Lachish.(K)
This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion,
because Israel’s acts of rebellion(L) can be traced to you.
14 Therefore, send farewell gifts(M) to Moresheth-gath;
the houses of Achzib(N) are a deception(O)
to the kings of Israel.
15 I will again bring a conqueror
against you who live in Mareshah.(P)
The nobility[c] of Israel will come to Adullam.(Q)
16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair(R)
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.(S)
Footnotes
- Micah 1:8 Or eagle owls; lit daughters of the desert
- Micah 1:11 Lit its standing place; Hb obscure
- Micah 1:15 Lit glory
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