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
Micah 1:8-16
American Standard Version
8 For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches. 9 For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10 Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at [a]Beth-le-aphrah [b]have I rolled myself in the dust. 11 Pass away, O [c]inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the [d]inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the [e]stay thereof. 12 For the [f]inhabitant of Maroth [g]waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem. 13 Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O [h]inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. 14 Therefore shalt thou give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be [i]a deceitful thing unto the kings of Israel. 15 I will yet bring unto thee, O [j]inhabitant of Mareshah, him that shall possess thee: the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam. 16 Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the [k]eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
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- Micah 1:10 That is, A house of dust.
- Micah 1:10 Another reading is, roll thyself
- Micah 1:11 Hebrew inhabitress.
- Micah 1:11 Hebrew inhabitress.
- Micah 1:11 Or, standing-place
- Micah 1:12 Hebrew inhabitress.
- Micah 1:12 Or, is in travail for
- Micah 1:13 Hebrew inhabitress.
- Micah 1:14 Hebrew achzab.
- Micah 1:15 Hebrew inhabitress.
- Micah 1:16 Or, vulture
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