Micah 1:8-16 - Micah's Lament

⁸ On account of this I will lament and wail. I will go about barefoot and naked. I will make a lamentation like the jackals, and a mourning ceremony like the {ostriches}. ⁹ For her wounds [are] incurable, because it has come to Judah. It has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.

¹⁰ Do not tell [it] in Gath; you must not weep at all. In Beth-le-Aphrah roll yourself [in] dust. ¹¹ Pass on, you inhabitants of Shaphir, in naked shame. The inhabitants of Zaanan do not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ha-Ezel will take its protection from you. ¹² For the inhabitants of Maroth writhed for good, because disaster has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem. ¹³ Harness the chariot to the team of horses, O inhabitants of Lachish; it [is] the beginning of sin for the daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you. ¹⁴ Therefore you will give parting gifts to Moresheth-Gath; the houses of Achzib [will be] a deception to the kings of Israel. ¹⁵ I will again bring the conqueror upon you, O inhabitants of Mareshah; the glory of Israel will come to Adullam. ¹⁶ Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair for the children of your pleasure. Expand your baldness as the eagle, for they will go into exile away from you.