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6 “Therefore I will make Samaria aa heap of ruins in the field,
Places for planting a vineyard;
I will pour down her stones into the valley,
And I will buncover her foundations. 
7 All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
And all her apay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire;
All her idols I will lay desolate,
For she gathered it from the pay of a harlot,
And they shall return to the bpay of a harlot.” 

Mourning for Israel and Judah

8 Therefore I will wail and howl,
I will go stripped and naked;
aI will make a wailing like the jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches, 
9 For her wounds are incurable.
For ait has come to Judah;
It has come to the gate of My people—
To Jerusalem. 
10 aTell it not in1 Gath,
Weep not at all;
In Beth Aphrah
Roll yourself in the dust. 
11 Pass by in naked shame, you inhabitant of1 Shaphir;
The inhabitant of1 Zaanan does not go out.
Beth Ezel mourns;
Its place to stand is taken away from you. 
12 For the inhabitant of1 Maroth pined for good,
But adisaster came down from the Lord
To the gate of Jerusalem. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Micah 1:8

Therefore I will wail—The prophet first shows how the coming judgment affects himself, in order that he might affect the minds of his countrymen similarly.

stripped—that is, of shoes, or sandals, as the Septuagint translates. Otherwise "naked" would be a tautology.

naked—"Naked" means divested of the upper garment (Isaiah 20:2). "Naked and barefoot," the sign of mourning (II Samuel 15:30). The prophet's upper garment was usually rough and coarse-haired (II Kings 1:8; Zechariah 13:4).

like the dragons—so JEROME. Rather, "the wild dogs," jackals or wolves, which wail like an infant when in distress or alone [MAURER]. (See on Job 30:29).

owls—rather, "ostriches," which give a shrill and long-drawn, sigh-like cry, especially at night.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Micah 1:8:

Job 30:29
Job 39:13
Isaiah 22:4

 

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