Micah 1:8-16
English Standard Version
8 (A)For this I will lament and wail;
I will go (B)stripped and naked;
I will make lamentation (C)like the jackals,
and mourning (D)like the ostriches.
9 (E)For her wound is incurable,
and it has come to Judah;
it has reached to the gate of my people,
to Jerusalem.
10 (F)Tell it not in (G)Gath;
weep not at all;
in Beth-le-aphrah
(H)roll yourselves in the dust.
11 Pass on your way,
inhabitants of Shaphir,
(I)in nakedness and shame;
the inhabitants of Zaanan
do not come out;
the lamentation of Beth-ezel
shall take away from you its standing place.
12 For the inhabitants of Maroth
wait anxiously for good,
because disaster has come down (J)from the Lord
to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the steeds to the chariots,
inhabitants of (K)Lachish;
it was the beginning of sin
to the daughter of Zion,
for in you were found
(L)the transgressions of Israel.
14 Therefore you shall give parting gifts[a]
to (M)Moresheth-gath;
the houses of (N)Achzib shall be a deceitful thing
to the kings of Israel.
15 I will again bring (O)a conqueror to you,
inhabitants of (P)Mareshah;
the glory of Israel
shall come to (Q)Adullam.
16 (R)Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair,
for the children of your delight;
(S)make yourselves as bald as the eagle,
for they shall go from you into exile.
Footnotes
- Micah 1:14 Or give dowry
Micah 1:8-16
International Standard Version
The Coming Destruction
8 “Therefore I will cry out and grieve loudly;
I will walk around stripped and naked.
I will cry out like a jackal
and mourn like a company of ostriches.
9 For Samaria’s[a] injury is fatal,
reaching all the way to Judah,
extending even to the gate of my people—to Jerusalem.”
10 “Don’t discuss it in Gath![b]
Don’t cry bitterly in Akim![c]
Roll in the ashes, Beth-leaphrah!
11 Run away, you residents of Shaphir,
displaying your shameful nakedness.
Don’t come out, you residents of Zaanan![d]
Your firm standing will disappear as Beth-ezel mourns.
12 Even though the inhabitants of Maroth long for success,
nevertheless evil descended from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 “You inhabitants of Lachish, harness your chariot to your swiftest steed—
the daughter of Zion has begun to sin—
because within you the transgressions of Israel were revealed.
14 Therefore give your gifts to Moresheth-gath;
that is, the houses of Achzib as a deceitful symbol[e] to the kings of Israel.
15 Nevertheless, I will deliver an heir to you, inhabitants of Mareshah—
to Adullam the glory of Israel will come.
16 “Shave your head
and cut off your locks as you mourn your beloved children.
Make yourself bald as an eagle,
because they will go from you into exile!”
Footnotes
- Micah 1:9 Lit. her
- Micah 1:10 A city in Philistia
- Micah 1:10 So LXX; MT reads Don’t cry at all
- Micah 1:11 A city of Judah
- Micah 1:14 Or a lie
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