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Mic 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16
OET (OET-LV) On this I_will_lament and_wail I_will_go barefoot[fn] and_naked I_will_make a_lament like_the_jackals and_mourning like_daughters_of an_ostrich.
1:8 OSHB variant note: שילל: (x-qere) ’שׁוֹלָ֖ל’: lemma_7758 n_1.0 morph_HAamsa id_33jQ8 שׁוֹלָ֖ל
OET (OET-RV) Because of that, I’ll mourn and wail.
⇔ I’ll go barefoot and undressed.
⇔ I’ll wail like the jackals
⇔ ≈and mourn like owls
Micah 1:8–16 is about God’s judgment on Judah.
(Occurrence 0) I will lament
(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f) lament and,wail go barefoot and,naked make lamentation like_the,jackals and,mourning like,daughters_of owl )
Here “I” refers to Micah.
(Occurrence 0) I will lament and wail
(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f) lament and,wail go barefoot and,naked make lamentation like_the,jackals and,mourning like,daughters_of owl )
“Lament” refers to the inner feeling of sadness, and “wail” refers to the activity of making a loud, sad sound.
(Occurrence 0) I will go barefoot and naked
(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f) lament and,wail go barefoot and,naked make lamentation like_the,jackals and,mourning like,daughters_of owl )
This is a sign of extreme mourning and distress. Another possible meaning is “I will look like someone has taken off my clothes; I will be naked”
(Occurrence 0) naked
(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f) lament and,wail go barefoot and,naked make lamentation like_the,jackals and,mourning like,daughters_of owl )
probably wearing only a loincloth
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
(Occurrence 0) like the jackals … like owls
(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f) lament and,wail go barefoot and,naked make lamentation like_the,jackals and,mourning like,daughters_of owl )
Jackals and owls live in wastelands, and their loud cries sound like people wailing or weeping.
1:8-16 In response to the Lord’s predicted judgment, Micah walked around barefoot and naked to express mourning (cp. Isa 20:2; Lam 2:10; Ezek 24:17), vividly depicting what would happen to Samaria (Israel) and Jerusalem (Judah). They would be stripped of their wealth, power, and population.
• A jackal and an owl make forlorn sounds and live in forsaken wilderness areas (Isa 34:13; Jer 50:39).
OET (OET-LV) On this I_will_lament and_wail I_will_go barefoot[fn] and_naked I_will_make a_lament like_the_jackals and_mourning like_daughters_of an_ostrich.
1:8 OSHB variant note: שילל: (x-qere) ’שׁוֹלָ֖ל’: lemma_7758 n_1.0 morph_HAamsa id_33jQ8 שׁוֹלָ֖ל
OET (OET-RV) Because of that, I’ll mourn and wail.
⇔ I’ll go barefoot and undressed.
⇔ I’ll wail like the jackals
⇔ ≈and mourn like owls
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.