Micah 1:8-16

Legacy Standard Bible

⁸ Because of this I must lament and wail;
I must go ^(A)barefoot and naked;
I must make a lament like the ^(B)jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches.
⁹ For her ^[a](C)wound is incurable,
For ^(D)it has come to Judah;
It has reached the ^(E)gate of my people,
Even to Jerusalem.
^10 (F)Tell it not in Gath,
Weep not at all.
At ^[b]Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.
^11 [c]Pass on by, inhabitant of ^[d]Shaphir, in ^(G)shameful nakedness.
The inhabitant of ^[e](H)Zaanan does not go out.
The lamentation of ^[f]Beth-ezel: “He will take from you its ^[g]support.”
¹² For the inhabitant of ^[h]Maroth
Writhes ^(I)in waiting for good
Because a ^[i]calamity has come down from Yahweh
To the ^(J)gate of Jerusalem.
¹³ Harness the chariot to the team of horses,
O inhabitant of ^(K)Lachish—
She was the beginning of sin
To the daughter of Zion—
Because in you were found
The ^(L)transgressions of Israel.
¹⁴ Therefore you will give parting ^(M)gifts
On behalf of ^[j]Moresheth-gath;
The houses of ^[k](N)Achzib will become a ^(O)deception
To the kings of Israel.
¹⁵ Moreover, I will bring on you
The one who takes possession,
O inhabitant of ^[l](P)Mareshah.
The glory of Israel will enter ^(Q)Adullam.
¹⁶ Make yourself ^(R)bald and cut off your hair,
Because of the children of your delight;
Extend your baldness like the eagle,
For they will ^(S)go from you into exile.