15 I will again bring a conqueror
against you who live in Mareshah.(A)
The nobility[a] of Israel will come to Adullam.(B)
16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair(C)
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:15 Lit glory

15 I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of (A)Mareshah;[a]
The glory of Israel shall come to (B)Adullam.[b]
16 Make yourself (C)bald and cut off your hair,
Because of your (D)precious children;
Enlarge your baldness like an eagle,
For they shall go from you into (E)captivity.

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  1. Micah 1:15 Lit. Inheritance
  2. Micah 1:15 Lit. Refuge

15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

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