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Micah 1:8

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1:8For this reason I34 will mourn and wail;

I will walk around barefoot35 and without my outer garments.36

I will howl37 like a wild dog,38

and screech39 like an owl.40

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Footnotes

  1. 34 The prophet is probably the speaker here.
  2. 35 Or “stripped.” The precise meaning of this Hebrew word is unclear. It may refer to walking barefoot (see 2 Sam 15:30) or to partially stripping oneself (see Job 12:17–19).
  3. 36 Heb “naked.” This probably does not refer to complete nudity, but to stripping off one’s outer garments as an outward sign of the destitution felt by the mourner.
  4. 37 Heb “I will make lamentation.”
  5. 38 Or “a jackal”; “howling wolves.”
  6. 39 Heb “[make] a mourning.”
  7. 40 Or perhaps “ostrich” (cf. , , , , ).

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

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

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore I will wail and howl,

I will go stripped and naked:

I will make a wailing like the dragons,

And mourning as the owls.

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