11 Be uncovered and go away, you who are living in Shaphir: the one living in Zaanan has not come out of her town; Beth-ezel is taken away from its base, even from its resting-place.
So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.
And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come on me? because of the number of your sins, your skirts have been uncovered and violent punishment overtakes you.
Go in flight, get away with your lives, and let your faces be turned to Aroer in the Arabah.
For this cause I will get together all your lovers with whom you have taken your pleasure, and all those to whom you have given your love, with all those who were hated by you; I will even make them come together against you on every side, and I will have you uncovered before them so that they may see your shame.
And they will take you in hand with hate, and take away all the fruit of your work, and let you be unveiled and without clothing: and the shame of your loose behaviour will be uncovered, your evil designs and your loose ways.
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Commentary on Micah 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of
The Prophecy of Micah
Chapter 1
In this chapter we have,
These prophecies of Micah might well be called his lamentations.
Mic 1:1-7
Here is,
Mic 1:8-16
We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom.