Micah 1:11

"Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame; the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth: the wail of Beth-ezel shall take from you the stay thereof. For the inhabitant waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down unto the gate of Jerusalem."

The plain import of these verses foretells disaster that shall fall upon the various places mentioned, all of them lying in the general vicinity of Jerusalem.

"Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir ..." Keil understood this as a reference to the deportation of captives, stating that, "The carrying away of Judah, which is hinted at in Micah 1:11, is clearly stated in Micah 1:16."[34] He also pointed out that it is incorrect to limit this to the invasion of the Assyrians, as that carrying away was accomplished about 150 years after Micah wrote by the Babylonians. They, of course, followed the same invasion route as the Assyrians had used.