Micah 1:8
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
עַל־'al-onH5921זֹאתzotthisH2063אֶסְפְּדָה'espedahI will lamentH5594וְאֵילִילָהve'eililahand I will wailH3213אֵילְכָה'eilkhahI will goH1980שׁוֹלָלshilalbarefootH7758וְעָרוֹםve'aromand nakedH6174אֶעֱשֶׂה'e'esehI will makeH6213מִסְפֵּדmispeda lamentH4553כַּתַּנִּיםkatanimlike <the> jackalsH8577וְאֵבֶלve'eveland a mourningH60כִּבְנוֹתkivnotlike [the] daughters ofH1323יַעֲנָה׃ya'anahan ostrichH3284
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