Micah 1:11 meaning and explanation

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.

Micah 1:11, Berean Standard Bible

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Micah speaks to the towns of Judah as the Assyrian army advances, and his wordplay turns their names into a message. Shaphir, whose name sounds like "pleasant," will instead see its people stripped and led away in shame, a common fate of captives in the ancient Near East.

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