Micah 1:8 BSB — MannaFest

Micah 1:8

Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

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ASV

For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

KJV

Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I will make a wailing like the dragons - Newcome translates: - I will make a wailing like the foxes, (or jackals), And mourning like the daughters of the ostrich. This beast, the jackal or shiagal, we have often met with in the prophets. Travellers inform us that its howlings by night are most lamentable; and as to the ostrich, it is remarkable for its fearful shrieking and agonizing groanings after night. Dr. Shaw says he has often heard them groan as if they were in the greatest agonies.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 (Isa 20:2).

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
זֹאת֙	zoT	this	H2063 →
אֶסְפְּדָ֣ה	'es.pe.Dah	I will lament	H5594 →
וְאֵילִ֔ילָה	ve.'ei.Li.lah	and I will wail	H3213 →
אֵילְכָ֥ה	'eil.Khah	I will go	H1980 →
שׁוֹלָ֖ל	shi.lal	barefoot	H7758 →
וְעָר֑וֹם	ve.'a.Rom	and naked	H6174 →
אֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה	'e.'e.Seh	I will make	H6213 →
מִסְפֵּד֙	mis.Ped	a lament	H4553 →
כַּתַּנִּ֔ים	ka.ta.Nim	like <the> jackals	H8577 →
וְאֵ֖בֶל	ve.'E.vel	and a mourning	H60 →
כִּבְנ֥וֹת	kiv.Not	like [the] daughters of	H1323 →
יַעֲנָֽה׃	ya.'a.Nah	an ostrich	H3284 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Jeremiah 9:19
For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:13
  Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
- Ezekiel 7:16–18
  The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
Through
Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:1
  Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Matthew 2:18
  “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Jeremiah 13:17
  But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- Jeremiah 31:15
  This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Psalms 77:2
  In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
Through
Job 30:29
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
leads to
- Psalms 102:6
  I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About Micah