Micah 1:8-16

Modern English Version

⁸ Because of this I will lament and wail,
    I will go about barefoot and naked;
I will howl like the jackals
    and moan like owlets.
⁹ For her wound is mortal,
    for it has come to Judah;
it has extended to the gate of my people,
    to Jerusalem.
¹⁰ Do not tell it in Gath,
    do not weep at all;
in Beth Ophrah,
    roll around in the dust.
¹¹ Pass on your way,
    inhabitants of Shaphir, naked and ashamed;
the inhabitants of Zaanan
    have not come out.
The mourning of Beth Ezel
    has taken from you its foothold.
¹² Indeed the inhabitants of Maroth
    wait anxiously for good,
because calamity has come down from the Lord
    to the gate of Jerusalem.
¹³ Harness the chariot to the steeds,
    inhabitants of Lachish.
It was the beginning of sin
    to the daughter of Zion,
because in you were found
    the transgressions of Israel.
¹⁴ Therefore you will give parting gifts
    to Moresheth Gath;
the houses of Akzib will be deception
    to the kings of Israel.
¹⁵ I will again bring a conqueror to you,
    inhabitants of Mareshah;
the glory of Israel
    will come to Adullam.
¹⁶ Make yourself bald and shave your head
    for the children of your delight;
make yourself as bald as the eagle,
    for they will go from you into exile.