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      • Micah stated that because of this I must lament and wail(v. 8). To lament(Heb. "'espəḏāh") means to mourn for someone who was deceased. Micah saw how complete the destruction would be and could only lamentand wail(Heb. "wə'êlîlāh," "to cry out" in deep sorrow).
  1. Micah 1:8-9. Therefore I will wail and howl — I will mourn and lament. I will go stripped and naked — That is, without an upper garment; or with garments rent and torn. This would fitly denote the naked condition to which the ten tribes were to be reduced by their enemies.

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  3. Because of this I [Micah] must lament (mourn over with expressions of grief) and wail, I must go barefoot and naked [without outer garments as if robbed]; I must wail like the jackals And lament [with a loud, mournful cry] like the ostriches.

  4. Micah 1:8. ESV For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches. NIV Because of this I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

  5. Micah stated that because of this I must lament and wail (v. 8). To lament (Heb. "'espəḏāh") means to mourn for someone who was deceased. Micah saw how complete the destruction would be and could only lament and wail (Heb. "wə'êlîlāh," "to cry out" in deep sorrow).

  6. For this reason I will mourn and wail; I will walk around barefoot and without my outer garments. I will howl like a wild dog, and screech like an owl. For Samaria’s disease is incurable. It has infected ...

  7. What does Micah 1:8 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.

  8. 8 Because of this I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl. 9 For Samaria’s plague is incurable; it has spread to Judah. It has reached the very gate of my people, even to Jerusalem itself.

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