Micah 1:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Because of this tragedy, I go barefoot and naked. My crying and weeping sound like howling wolves or ostriches.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:13

In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah's rule in Judah, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded the country and captured every walled city, except Jerusalem.

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai heard about the letter, he tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. Then he covered his head with ashes and went through the city, crying and weeping.

Job 30:29

making mournful sounds like jackals and owls.

Psalm 102:6

I am like a lonely owl in the desert

Isaiah 13:21

Only desert creatures, owls, and ostriches will live in its ruins, and goats will leap about.

Isaiah 13:22

Hyenas and wolves will howl from Babylon's fortresses and beautiful palaces. Its time is almost up!

Isaiah 16:9

Now I mourn like Jazer for the vineyards of Sibmah. I shed tears for Heshbon and for Elealeh. There will be no more harvest celebrations

Isaiah 21:3

I'm in terrible pain like a woman giving birth. I'm shocked and hurt so much that I can't hear or see.

Isaiah 22:4

Then I said, “Leave me alone! Let me cry bitter tears. My people have been destroyed, so don't try to comfort me.”

Isaiah 32:11

Shake and shudder, you women without a care! Strip off your clothes— put on sackcloth.

Jeremiah 4:19

I can't stand the pain! My heart pounds, as I twist and turn in agony. I hear the signal trumpet and the battle cry of the enemy, and I cannot be silent.

Jeremiah 9:1

I wish that my eyes were fountains of tears, so I could cry day and night for my people who were killed.

Jeremiah 9:10

I weep for the pasture land in the hill country. It's so barren and scorched that no one travels there. No cattle can be found there, and birds and wild animals have all disappeared.

Jeremiah 9:19

Now those of us on Zion cry, ‘We are ruined! We can't stand the shame. Our homes have been destroyed, and we must leave our land.’

Ezekiel 32:18

Ezekiel, son of man, mourn for the Egyptians and condemn them to the world of the dead, where they will be buried beside the people of other powerful nations.

Micah 2:4

When that happens, this sorrowful song will be sung about you: “Ruined! Completely ruined! The LORD has taken our land and given it to traitors.”

1 Samuel 19:24

he stripped off his clothes and prophesied in front of Samuel. He dropped to the ground and lay there naked all day and night. That's how the saying started, “Is Saul now a prophet?”