Cross references

Micah 1:8

Because of this I will lament and wail;

I will walk barefoot and naked.

I will howl like a jackal

and mourn like an ostrich.

Micah 1:8 BSB
  1. a Or a serpent or a dragon
  2. b Literally like daughters of an ostrich or like daughters of an owl

Micah 1:8 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 20:2–4 (4 votes) and Isaiah 22:4 (4 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from 1 Samuel 19 to Micah 1.

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Which verses does Micah 1:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush, …

  2. Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

  3. Job 30:292 votes

    I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

  4. I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

  5. But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.

  6. So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

  7. Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

  8. My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

  9. Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

  10. I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

Which verses point to Micah 1:8?

The 10 strongest of 21.