"Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals and a mourning like the ostriches," v.8
Read chapter 8.
Stripped and naked is this prophet while he wails the Lord's words. Micah was a prophet in the land of Judah, but he prophesied both about Judah and about the northern kingdom of Israel. In this chapter, he prophesies the complete destruction of Samaria, the capital of Judah. He also prophesies disaster upon the cities of Judah, and indicates that the disaster will come to the walls of Jerusalem. One of the details I like in this verse eight is the Hebrew word Tennim, here translated "jackals" but another possible translation is "dragons." We always think of dragons as some mystical made-up creature, but really the word has just been replaced by dinosaur. The word dinosaur didn't come in to the English language until 1841 yet the first English translated Bible was in 1522. A lot of ways dragons are described describe what we see in dinosaur fossils and knowledge. So is this a possible way to show the dinosaurs are in the Bible?!?!!?!?! What else do you learn about Micah's ministry as a prophet in this first chapter?
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