Micah 1:8-16

Expanded Bible

⁸ I will ·moan and cry [mourn and wail] because of this evil,
    going around barefoot and naked.
I will ·cry loudly [wail] like ·the wild dogs [jackals]
    and ·make sad sounds [moan] like the ·owls [or ostriches] do,
⁹ because Samaria’s wound ·cannot be healed [is incurable].
    It ·will spread [or has spread] to Judah;
it ·will reach [or has reached] the city gate of my people [^Cwhere the city’s affairs were conducted],
    all the way to Jerusalem.
¹⁰ Don’t tell it in Gath [^Csounds like Hebrew for “tell”; Gath and the cities in this list were in Assyria’s path of destruction in 701 bc].
    Don’t cry ·in Acco [or at all; ^Cthe Hebrew for “cry” sounds like Acco].
Roll in the dust
    at Beth Ophrah [^C“house of dust”].
¹¹ Pass on your way, naked and ashamed,
    you who live in Shaphir [^C“beautiful” or “pleasant”].
Those who live in Zaanan [^Csounds like Hebrew for “come out”]
    won’t come out.
The people in Beth Ezel [^C“house of nearness”] ·will cry [are in mourning],
    but they will not give you any support.
¹² Those who live in Maroth [^Csounds like Hebrew for “sad” or “miserable”]
    ·will be anxious [hope] for good news to come,
because ·trouble [disaster] ·will [or has] come from the Lord,
    all the way to the gate of Jerusalem.
¹³ You people living in Lachish [^Ca large town in Judah; Lachish sounds like the Hebrew for “horse” or “steed”],
    harness the fastest ·horses [steeds] to the chariot.
·Jerusalem’s [^LDaughter of Zion’s; ^Cthe location of the Temple] sins ·started in [began with] you;
    yes, Israel’s ·sins [transgressions; rebellion] were found in you.
¹⁴ So you must give ·farewell gifts [a dowry]
    to Moresheth in Gath.
The houses in Aczib [^C“deception”] ·will be false help
    to [or have deceived/betrayed] the kings of Israel.
¹⁵ I will bring against you people who will ·take [possess; conquer] your land,
    you who live in Mareshah [^Csounds like Hebrew for “conqueror”].
The ·glory [or nobles; leaders] of Israel
    will go in to Adullam [^Cperhaps to hide in its caves].
¹⁶ ·Cut off your hair [Shave your head; Make yourself bald; ^Ca sign of mourning or sadness]
    for the children ·you love [in whom you delight].
Make yourself bald like the eagle,
    because your children will be taken away ·to a foreign land [in exile/captivity].