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Micah 1:11

Beth-ezelShaphirZaanan
Grief

9 For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.

10 Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.

12 For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

13 Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
KJV
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
WEB
Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won’t come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.
ASV
Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the stay thereof.
DARBY
Pass away, inhabitress of Shaphir, in nakedness [and] shame. The inhabitress of Zaanan is not come forth for the lamentation of Beth-ezel: he will take from you its shelter.
BLB
Pass by for yourself, O dweller of Shaphir, in shameful nakedness. She does not come out—the dweller of Zaanan; the mourning of Beth-ezel will take away from you⁺ its station.
ÅB
Dra bort,[^3] dere som bor i Sjafir,
i nakenhet og vanære!
De som bor i Sa'anan, går ikke ut.[^4]
Bet-Haesels klageskrik
tar støtten fra dere.
OTB
Gå din vei, innbygger av Sjafir, i skammelig nakenhet.
Innbyggeren av Sa’anan slipper ikke unna.
Sorgen i Bet-Esel: "Han vil ta støtten fra deg."
B1930
Dra bort, I Sjafirs innbyggere, i nakenhet og vanære! Sa'anans innbyggere våger sig ikke ut. Bet-Haesels klageskrik gjør det umulig for eder å bli der. / < i landflyktighet.> / < JER 6, 25.>

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 20:4

    so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

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  • Jeremiah 13:22

    And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.

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  • Nahum 3:5

    “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.

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  • Jeremiah 48:6

    ‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’

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  • Micah 1:8

    Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

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  • Isaiah 47:2–3

    Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

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  • Ezekiel 23:29

    They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity

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  • Jeremiah 48:9

    Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.

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