Micah 1:8-16 ▼

8 For this I will lament and wail, go barefoot and naked; I will utter lamentation like the jackals, mourning like the ostriches,

9 For her wound is incurable; it has come even to Judah. It has reached to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

10 Do not announce it in Gath, do not weep at all; In Beth-leaphrah roll in the dust.

11 Pass by, you who dwell in Shaphir! The inhabitants of Zaanan do not come forth from their city. There is lamentation in Beth-ezel. It will withdraw its support from you.

12 The inhabitants of Maroth hope for good, But evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

13 Harness steeds to the chariots, inhabitants of Lachish; You are the beginning of sin for daughter Zion, For in you were found the crimes of Israel.

14 Therefore you must give back the dowry to Moresheth-gath; The houses of Achzib are a dry stream bed to the kings of Israel.

15 Again I will bring the conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah; The glory of Israel shall come even to Adullam.

16 Make yourself bald, cut off your hair, for the children whom you cherish; Make yourself bald as a vulture, for they are taken from you into exile.