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Micah 1:8 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Micah 1:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Micah chapter 1 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 . owls: Heb. daughters of the owl”
Micah 1:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Micah 1:8
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked (עַל־זֹאת אֶסְפְּדָה וְאֵילִילָה אֵילְכָה שׁוֹלָל וְעָרוֹם, al-zot espedah we-eylelah eilkhah sholal we-arom). Micah's response to Samaria's judgment is radical identification with the mourning. סָפַד (saphad, wail/lament) and יָלַל (yalal, howl) express intense grief. Going שׁוֹלָל (sholal, stripped) and עָרוֹם (arom, naked) imitates captives led away in humiliation (Isaiah 20:2-4). This isn't mere sympathy but prophetic embodiment—living out judgment to shock audiences into recognition.I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mo...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Micah 1:8
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“saying”
“Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don't labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.,Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people., עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי שְׁעוּ מִנִּי אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּכִי אַל־תָּאִיצוּ לְנַחֲמֵנִי עַל־שֹׁד בַּת־עַמִּי׃ ,Therefore said I: Look away from me”
“and my eyes a spring of tears”
“and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation”
“my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard”
“I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.”
“How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded”
“and a companion to ostriches.”
“and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.”
“and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there”