Micah 1:11

Micah 1:11

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.

13 O inhabitant of ^aLachish,
Harness the chariot to the swift steeds
(She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion),
For the transgressions of Israel were ^bfound in you.

14 Therefore you shall ^agive presents to Moresheth Gath;
The houses of ^bAchzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

15 I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of ^aMareshah;
The glory of Israel shall come to ^bAdullam.

16 Make yourself ^abald and cut off your hair,
Because of your ^bprecious children;
Enlarge your baldness like an eagle,
For they shall go from you into ^ccaptivity.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Pass ye away - (literally, Pass thou (fem.) away to or for yourselves), disregarded by God and despised by man) pass the bounds of your land into captivity.

Thou inhabitant of Shaphir, having thy shame naked - better, in nakedness, and shame. Shaphir (fair) was a village in Judah, between Eleutheropolis and Ashkelon (Onomasticon). There are still, in the Shephelah, two villages called Sawafir . It, once fair, should now go forth in the disgrace and dishonor with which captives were led away.

The inhabitants of Zaanan came not forth - Zaanan (abounding in flocks) was probably the same as Zenan of Judah, which lay in the Shephelah . It, which formerly went forth in pastoral gladness with the multitude of its flocks, shall now shrink into itself for fear.

The mourning of Beth-Ezel - (literally, house of root, firmly rooted) shall take from you its standings It too cannot help itself, much less be a stay to others. They who have been accustomed to go forth in fullness, shall not go forth then, and they who abide, strong though they be, shall not furnish an abiding place. Neither in going out nor in remaining, shall anything be secure then.

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