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Micah 1:8

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8yTherefore I will zwail and howl,

I will go astripped and bnaked:

I will make a wailing like cdthe dragons,

And mourning as cethe †owls.

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Footnotes

  1. yComp. Isai. 21:3. & 22:4.
  2. zJoel 1:13 (Heb.).
  3. aJob 12:17, 19 (Heb.).
  4. bIsai. 20:2–4. See 1 Sam. 19:24.
  5. cSee Job 30:29.
  6. dSee Ps. 44:19.
  7. cSee Job 30:29.
  8. †Heb. cedaughters of the owl.

Cross references

  1. eIsai. 13:21.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Because of this I will weep and wail;

I will go about barefoot and naked.

I will howl like a jackal

and moan like an owl.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Because of this I will lament and wail;

I will walk barefoot and naked.

I will howl like the jackals

and mourn like ostriches.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Therefore, I will mourn and lament.

I will walk around barefoot and naked.

I will howl like a jackal

and moan like an owl.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

On account of this I will lament and wail.

I will go about barefoot and naked.

I will make a lamentation like the jackals,

and a mourning ceremony like the ostriches.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press