Micah 1:8-16 — Legacy Standard Bible

⁸Because of this I must lament and wail;I must go ^abarefoot and naked;I must make a lament like the ^bjackalsAnd a mourning like the ostriches.⁹For her ¹^,^awound is incurable,For ^bit has come to Judah;It has reached the ^cgate of my people,Even to Jerusalem.¹⁰^aTell it not in Gath,Weep not at all.At ¹Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.¹¹¹Pass on by, inhabitant of ²Shaphir, in ^ashameful nakedness.The inhabitant of ³^,^bZaanan does not go out.The lamentation of ⁴Beth-ezel: “He will take from you its ⁵support.”¹²For the inhabitant of ¹MarothWrithes ^ain waiting for goodBecause a ²calamity has come down from YahwehTo the ^bgate of Jerusalem.¹³Harness the chariot to the team of horses,O inhabitant of ^aLachish—She was the beginning of sinTo the daughter of Zion—Because in you were foundThe ^btransgressions of Israel.¹⁴Therefore you will give parting ^agiftsOn behalf of ¹Moresheth-gath;The houses of ²^,^bAchzib will become a ^cdeceptionTo the kings of Israel.¹⁵Moreover, I will bring on youThe one who takes possession,O inhabitant of ¹^,^aMareshah.The glory of Israel will enter ^bAdullam.¹⁶Make yourself ^abald and cut off your hair,Because of the children of your delight;Extend your baldness like the eagle,For they will ^bgo from you into exile.