When Good Things Become the #1 Thing – Micah 1:8-16

¹⁰ Don’t announce it in Gath,
don’t weep at all.
Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
¹¹ Depart in shameful nakedness,
you residents of Shaphir;
the residents of Zaanan will not come out.
Beth-ezel is lamenting;
its support is taken from you.
¹² Though the residents of Maroth
anxiously wait for something good,
disaster has come from the Lord
to the gate of Jerusalem.
¹³ Harness the horses to the chariot,
you residents of Lachish.
This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion,
because Israel’s acts of rebellion can be traced to you.
¹⁴ Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath;
the houses of Achzib are a deception
to the kings of Israel.
¹⁵ I will again bring a conqueror
against you who live in Mareshah.
The nobility of Israel will come to Adullam.
¹⁶ Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.