Micah 1:8–16

Micah’s Lament

⁸Because of this I will lament and wail;

I will walk barefoot and naked. ^y

I will howl like the jackals ^z

and mourn like ostriches. ^a

⁹For her wound is incurable ^b

and has reached even Judah; ^c

it has approached the gate of my people, ^d

as far as Jerusalem.

¹⁰Don’t announce it in Gath, ^e

don’t weep at all.

Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

¹¹Depart in shameful nakedness, ^f

you residents of Shaphir;

the residents of Zaanan ^gwill not come out.

Beth-ezel is lamenting;

its support ^his taken from you.

¹²Though the residents of Maroth

anxiously wait for something good, ⁱ

disaster has come from the Lord ^j

to the gate of Jerusalem.

¹³Harness the horses to the chariot,

you residents of Lachish. ^k

This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion,

because Israel’s acts of rebellion ^lcan be traced to you.

¹⁴Therefore, send farewell gifts ^mto Moresheth-gath;

the houses of Achzib ⁿare a deception ^o

to the kings of Israel.

¹⁵I will again bring a conqueror

against you who live in Mareshah. ^p

The nobility ^qof Israel will come to Adullam. ^r

¹⁶Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair ^s

in sorrow for your precious children;

make yourselves as bald as an eagle,

for they have been taken from you into exile. ^t