Micah 1:8-16

New International Version

⁸ Because of this I will weep^(A) and wail;
    I will go about barefoot^(B) and naked.
I will howl like a jackal
    and moan like an owl.
⁹ For Samaria’s plague^(C) is incurable;^(D)
    it has spread to Judah.^(E)
It has reached the very gate^(F) of my people,
    even to Jerusalem itself.
¹⁰ Tell it not in Gath^[a];
    weep not at all.
In Beth Ophrah^[b]
    roll in the dust.
¹¹ Pass by naked^(G) and in shame,
    you who live in Shaphir.^[c]
Those who live in Zaanan^[d]
    will not come out.
Beth Ezel is in mourning;
    it no longer protects you.
¹² Those who live in Maroth^[e] writhe in pain,
    waiting for relief,^(H)
because disaster^(I) has come from the Lord,
    even to the gate of Jerusalem.
¹³ You who live in Lachish,^(J)
    harness fast horses to the chariot.
You are where the sin of Daughter Zion^(K) began,
    for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
¹⁴ Therefore you will give parting gifts^(L)
    to Moresheth^(M) Gath.
The town of Akzib^[f](N) will prove deceptive^(O)
    to the kings of Israel.
¹⁵ I will bring a conqueror against you
    who live in Mareshah.^[g](P)
The nobles of Israel
    will flee to Adullam.^(Q)
16 Shave^(R) your head in mourning
    for the children in whom you delight;
make yourself as bald as the vulture,
    for they will go from you into exile.^(S)