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.
Footnotes
- Micah 1:9 Lit wounds are
- Micah 1:10 Lit house of dust
- Micah 1:11 Go into captivity
- Micah 1:11 Lit pleasantness
- Micah 1:11 Lit going out
- Micah 1:11 Lit house of removal
- Micah 1:11 Lit standing place
- Micah 1:12 Lit bitterness
- Micah 1:12 Lit evil
- Micah 1:14 Lit possession of Gath
- Micah 1:14 Lit deception
- Micah 1:15 Lit to take possession
Micah 1:8-16
Revised Standard Version
The Doom of the Cities of Judah
8 For this I will lament and wail;
I will go stripped and naked;
I will make lamentation like the jackals,
and mourning like the ostriches.
9 For her wound[a] is incurable;
and it has come to Judah,
it has reached to the gate of my people,
to Jerusalem.
10 Tell it not in Gath,
weep not at all;
in Beth-le-aph′rah
roll yourselves in the dust.
11 Pass on your way,
inhabitants of Shaphir,
in nakedness and shame;
the inhabitants of Za′anan
do not come forth;
the wailing of Beth-e′zel
shall take away from you its standing place.
12 For the inhabitants of Maroth
wait anxiously for good,
because evil has come down from the Lord
to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the steeds to the chariots,
inhabitants of Lachish;
you were[b] the beginning of sin
to the daughter of Zion,
for in you were found
the transgressions of Israel.
14 Therefore you shall give parting gifts
to Mo′resheth-gath;
the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing
to the kings of Israel.
15 I will again bring a conqueror upon you,
inhabitants of Mare′shah;
the glory of Israel
shall come to Adullam.
16 Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair,
for the children of your delight;
make yourselves as bald as the eagle,
for they shall go from you into exile.
Footnotes
- Micah 1:9 Gk Syr Vg: Heb wounds
- Micah 1:13 Cn: Heb it was
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