Micah 1:8–16

⁸For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich. ⁹For mortal are her wounds, For it hath come unto Judah, It hath come to a gate of My people—to Jerusalem. ¹⁰In Gath tell ye not—in Acco weep not, In Beth-Aphrah, in dust roll thyself. ¹¹Pass over for thee, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. Not gone out hath the inhabitant of Zaanan, The lamentation of Beth-Ezel doth take from you its standing. ¹²For stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem. ¹³Bind the chariot to a swift beast, O inhabitant of Lachish, The beginning of sin is she to the daughter of Zion, For in thee have been found the transgressions of Israel. ¹⁴Therefore thou givest presents to Moresheth-Gath, The houses of Achzib become a lying thing to the kings of Israel. ¹⁵Yet the possessor I do bring in to thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, To Adullam come in doth the honour of Israel. ¹⁶Make bald and shave, for thy delightful sons, Enlarge thy baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from thee!

Chapter 2