Micah 1:8-16 ▼

8 For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked: I will make wailing as jackals, and mourning as the daughters of the ostrich.

9 For her blow is incurable, for it came even to Judah; he touched even to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

10 Ye shall not announce in Gath; weeping, ye shall not weep: in the house of dust roll thyself in dust.

11 Pass away for you, thou fair one inhabiting the nakedness of shame: she inhabiting the place of flocks shall not go forth to the wailing of the house of firm root; he shall take from you his standing.

12 For she dwelling in bitterness was anxious for good: but evil came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

13 Make fast the chariot to the steed, thou inhabitress of the smitten: she the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion: for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.

14 For this thou shalt give a sending forth upon the possession of Gath: the houses of falsehood are for falsehood to the kings of Israel.

15 Yet I will bring to thee him possessing, O inhabitress at the head: he shall come even to Adullam, the glory of Israel.

16 Make bald, and shave for the sons of thy delights; increase thy baldness as the eagle; for they were carried away captive from thee.