Micah 1:6-7 & 8-16- “Micah’s Lament”
The Book of Micah:
“Sin, Judgment, and Hope – A Look At The Gospel”
(All References Are From The English Standard Version, (ESV) Unless Otherwise Noted)
Chapter 1:6-7 & 8-16 – “Micah’s Lament”
Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
Micah 1:6-18:
[6] Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country, a place for planting
vineyards, and I will pour down her stones into the valley and uncover her foundations.
[7] All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, all her wages shall be burned with
fire, and all her idols I will lay waste, for from the fee of a prostitute she gathered them,
and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.
[8] 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.
[9] For her wound is incurable, and it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of
my people, to Jerusalem.
[10] Tell it not in Gath; weep not at all; in Beth-le-aphrah roll yourselves in the dust.
[11] Pass on your way, inhabitants of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame; the
inhabitants of Zaanan do not come out; the lamentation of Beth-ezel shall take away
from you its standing place.
[12] For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because disaster has come
down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
[13] Harness the steeds to the chariots, inhabitants of Lachish; it was the beginning of
sin to the daughter of Zion, for in you were found the transgressions of Israel.
[14] Therefore you shall give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib
shall be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
[15] I will again bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah; the glory of Israel
shall come to Adullam.
[16] Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair, for the children of your delight; make
yourselves as bald as the eagle, for they shall go from you into exile.