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Because ofעַלthisזֹאתI will lamentאֶסְפְּדָהand wail;וְאֵילִילָהI will goאֵילְכָהbarefootשׁוֹלָלand naked;וְעָרוֹםI will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהa lamentמִסְפֵּדlike the jackals,כַּתַּנִּיםand mourningוְאֵבֶלlike the ostriches.כִּבְנוֹת יַעֲנָה
Micah 1:8
Study it in the app“Because of this I will lament and wail; I will go barefoot and naked; I will make a lament like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 1:8, word by word
- I will lamentאֶסְפְּדָהespda
mourn, lament
Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.
Where else “espda” appears- and wailאֵילִילָהelila
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “elila” appears- I will goאֵילְכָהelcha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elcha” appears- barefootשׁוֹלָלsholal
barefoot, stripped
Barefoot, stripped; said of one led away captive, without clothes or sandals.
Where else “sholal” appears- and nakedעָרוֹםarom
naked
Naked.
Where else “arom” appears- I will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
make
To build or create something.
Where else “eese” appears- a lamentמִסְפֵּדmisped
lamentation
Lamentation: public expressions of grief for the dead.
Where else “misped” appears- like the jackalsתַּנִּיםtanim
jackal
A wild dog that lives among ruins.
Where else “tanim” appears- and mourningאֵבֶלevel
mourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appears- like the ostrichesבְנוֹתvenot
young
Literally "daughter" in set phrases, like the center of the eye or an animal's age.
Where else “venot” appears- like the ostrichesיַעֲנָהyaana
ostrich
Ostrich (in the phrase "daughter of the ostrich"); the identification is debated.
Where else “yaana” appears
The context
7And all her carved images will be smashed, and all her wages will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will make a desolation; for from the wages of a prostitute she gathered them, and to the wages of a prostitute they will return.”
8 · This verse (above)
9For incurable are her wounds, for it has come as far as Judah; it has reached as far as the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem.