Micah 1:11
Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
Note Shaphir means pleasant.
Note Zaanan sounds like the Hebrew for come out.
Note Beth-ezel means adjoining house.
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
Note thou…: or, thou that dwellest fairly
Note inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
Note Zaanan: or, The country of flocks
Note Beth-ezel: or, A place near
Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won’t come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.
Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the stay thereof.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Pass
- Isaiah 16:2; Jeremiah 48:6, 9
- thou inhabitant of Saphir
- or, thou that dwellest fairly. Heb. inhabitress. having.
- Micah 1:8; Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 47:2, 3; Jeremiah 13:22; Ezekiel 16:37; Nahum 3:5