Mic 1:8 | NET2full | STEP | For this reason I will mourn and wail ; I will walk around barefoot and without my outer garments . I will howl like a wild dog and screech like an owl .

‏ Micah 1:8

8 For this reason I ^{▼▼tn The prophet is probably the speaker here.} will mourn and wail;
I will walk around barefoot ^{▼▼tn Or “stripped.” The precise meaning of this Hebrew word is unclear. It may refer to walking barefoot (see 2 Sam 15:30) or to partially stripping oneself (see Job 12:17-19).} and without my outer garments. ^{▼▼tn Heb “naked.” This probably does not refer to complete nudity, but to stripping off one’s outer garments as an outward sign of the destitution felt by the mourner.}
I will howl ^{▼▼tn Heb “I will make lamentation.”} like a wild dog ^{▼▼tn Or “a jackal”; CEV “howling wolves.”}
and screech ^{▼▼tn Heb “[make] a mourning.”} like an owl. ^{▼▼tn Or perhaps “ostrich” (cf. ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).}