King James Version
What Does Micah 1:8 Mean?
“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”
Context
6
Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
7
And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
8
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
9
For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. her: or, she is grievously sick of her wounds
10
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. Aphrah: that is, Dust
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(8) **Dragons . . . owls.**—Literally, *jackals and ostriches.* They are selected by reason of the dismal howls and screeches they make during the night.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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