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For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
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A Prophet's Painful Performance
Commentators explain that Micah doesn't just speak about sorrow; he embodies it. By wailing and going "stripped and naked," he performs a prophetic act. Scholars like Calvin and Barnes suggest this was meant to shock a spiritually numb people into realizing the terrifying reality of God's coming judgment, stemming from the prophet's genuine love and grief for them.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore I will – Therefore I would
Wail – (properly, beat, that is, on the breast).
And howl – “Let me alone,”…
19th Century
Anglican
Dragons ... owls. —Literally, jackals and ostriches. They are selected because of the dismal howls and screeches they mak…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet here assumes the character of a mourner, so that he might more deeply impress the Israelites; for we have seen that they were almost un…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked, &c.] To his shut, putting off his upper garment; the rough …
The prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare it not in Gath. Do not gratify those who make merry with the sins or with…
