8For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.


In Context

5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

6 And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover.

7 And all her graven images are beaten down, And all her gifts are burnt with fire, And all her idols I make a desolation, For, from the hire of a harlot she gathered, and unto the hire of a harlot they return.

8 For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.

9 For mortal are her wounds, For it hath come unto Judah, It hath come to a gate of My people — to Jerusalem.

10 In Gath tell ye not — in Acco weep not, In Beth-Aphrah, in dust roll thyself.

Micah 1:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Because 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Therefore will I lament and howl: I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:8For 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:8For this will I wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a mourning like the ostriches.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.