Micah 1:8–16

⁸Therefore will I lament, and howl: I will go stript and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches.

⁹Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it hath touched the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

¹⁰Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ye not with tears: in the house of Dust sprinkle yourselves with dust.

¹¹And pass away, O thou that dwellest in the beautiful place, covered with thy shame: she went not forth that dwelleth in the confines: the house adjoining shall receive mourning from you, which stood by herself.

¹²For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem.

¹³A tumult of chariots hath astonished the inhabitants of Lachis: it is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Sion for in thee were found the crimes of Israel.

¹⁴Therefore shall she send messengers to the inheritance of Geth: the houses of lying to deceive the kings of Israel.

¹⁵Yet will I bring an heir to thee that dwellest in Maresa: even to Odollam shall the glory of Israel come.

¹⁶Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee.