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Make yourselves as bald as a vulture, for your little ones will be exiled to distant lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/micah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair, for the children of your delight; make yourselves as bald as the eagle, for they shall go from you into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/micah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/micah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/micah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, Because of your precious children; Enlarge your baldness like an eagle, For they shall go from you into captivity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/micah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shave yourself bald, yes, cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will go from you into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/micah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will go from you into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/micah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will go from you into exile. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/micah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will go from you into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/micah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Make yourself bald [in mourning]—shave off your hair For the children of your delight; Remain as bald as the eagle, For your children will be taken from you into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/micah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in sorrow for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they have been taken from you into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/micah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in sorrow for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they have been taken from you into exile. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/micah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/micah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Judah, shave your head as bald as a vulture and start mourning. Your precious children will be dragged off to a foreign country. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/micah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/micah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Shave your head in mourning for the children you love. Make yourselves as bald as vultures because your children will be taken from you into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/micah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />People of Judah, cut off your hair in mourning for the children you love. Make yourselves as bald as vultures, because your children will be taken away from you into exile. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/micah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Shave your head and cut off your locks as you mourn your beloved children. Make yourself bald as an eagle, because they will go from you into exile!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/micah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/micah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; shave your foreheads as bald as an eagle, for they are taken from you into exile. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/micah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture; for they have gone into captivity from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/micah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/micah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture, for they have gone into captivity from you! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/micah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Make bald and shave, for your delightful sons, "" Enlarge your baldness as an eagle, "" For they have removed from you! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/micah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Make bald and shave, for thy delightful sons, Enlarge thy baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from thee!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/micah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Make bald, and shave for the sons of thy delights; increase thy baldness as the eagle; for they were carried away captive from thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/micah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/micah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Become bald and shaved for your delicate sons. Increase your baldness like the eagle. For they have been carried into captivity from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/micah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Make yourself bald, cut off your hair, for the children whom you cherish; Make yourself bald as a vulture, for they are taken from you into exile. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/micah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair for your pampered children; make yourselves as bald as the eagle, for they have gone from you into exile.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/micah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Make yourself bald, pull out your hair, for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they are carried into captivity from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/micah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Pull out hair and shave for the children of your indulgence; enlarge your baldness like that of an eagle, because they are taken away captive from you <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/micah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delight; Enlarge thy baldness as the vulture; For they are gone into captivity from thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/micah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Shave thine hair, and make thyself bald for thy delicate children; increase thy widowhood as an eagle; for <i>thy people</i> are gone into captivity from thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/micah/1-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9AM9A76_xQ?start=183" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/micah/1.htm">Weeping and Mourning</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7139.htm" title="7139: qā·rə·ḥî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To make bald. A primitive root; to depilate.">Shave yourselves bald</a> <a href="/hebrew/1494.htm" title="1494: wā·ḡōz·zî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To shear. A primitive root; to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy.">and cut off your hair</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in mourning for</a> <a href="/hebrew/8588.htm" title="8588: ta·‘ă·nū·ḡā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Daintiness, luxury, exquisite delight. Or taanug; and taeanugah; from anag; luxury.">your precious</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">children;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7337.htm" title="7337: har·ḥi·ḇî (V-Hifil-Imp-fs) -- To be or grow wide or large. A primitive root; to broaden.">make yourselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/7144.htm" title="7144: qā·rə·ḥā·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Baldness, bald spot. Or qorcha; from qarach; baldness.">as bald</a> <a href="/hebrew/5404.htm" title="5404: kan·ne·šer (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- An eagle. From an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle.">as an eagle,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·mêḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">they will go from you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: ḡā·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">into exile.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2-3</a></span><br />Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Jeremiah 47:5</a></span><br />The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a></span><br />I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/1-20.htm">Job 1:20</a></span><br />Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a></span><br />On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a></span><br />They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6</a></span><br />“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Isaiah 3:24</a></span><br />Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Jeremiah 48:37</a></span><br />For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Lamentations 2:10</a></span><br />The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">2 Samuel 15:30</a></span><br />But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm">Isaiah 32:11-12</a></span><br />Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists. / Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13</a></span><br />Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9</a></span><br />Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Make you bald, and poll you for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from you.</p><p class="hdg">bald.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-20.htm">Job 1:20</a></b></br> Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2</a></b></br> He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads <i>shall be</i> baldness, <i>and</i> every beard cut off.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a></b></br> And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:</p><p class="hdg">thy delicate.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56,57</a></b></br> The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-26</a></b></br> Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing <i>as</i> they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5-8</a></b></br> They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills… </p><p class="hdg">for.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-41.htm">Deuteronomy 28:41</a></b></br> Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a></b></br> In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor <i>by</i> the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/39-6.htm">Isaiah 39:6,7</a></b></br> Behold, the days come, that all that <i>is</i> in thine house, and <i>that</i> which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/29-18.htm">Bald</a> <a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Baldness</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/micah/1-5.htm">Children</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-14.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Delicate</a> <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-20.htm">Delightful</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-4.htm">Eagle</a> <a href="/daniel/7-4.htm">Eagle's</a> <a href="/amos/1-13.htm">Enlarge</a> <a href="/amos/9-4.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/amos/1-13.htm">Extend</a> <a href="/hosea/7-9.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Head</a> <a href="/amos/2-7.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/micah/1-11.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-20.htm">Poll</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/amos/9-15.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/amos/6-7.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-20.htm">Shave</a> <a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/micah/1-11.htm">Uncovered</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Vulture</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/11-22.htm">Bald</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-41.htm">Baldness</a> <a href="/nahum/3-10.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/micah/2-9.htm">Children</a> <a href="/micah/5-9.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/matthew/11-8.htm">Delicate</a> <a href="/micah/6-7.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/malachi/3-12.htm">Delightful</a> <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-8.htm">Eagle</a> <a href="/psalms/103-5.htm">Eagle's</a> <a href="/matthew/23-5.htm">Enlarge</a> <a href="/nahum/3-10.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/micah/7-11.htm">Extend</a> <a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/micah/2-13.htm">Head</a> <a href="/micah/3-1.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-6.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/numbers/1-2.htm">Poll</a> <a href="/micah/2-8.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/micah/5-11.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/micah/2-4.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/acts/21-24.htm">Shave</a> <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/nahum/2-7.htm">Uncovered</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-8.htm">Vulture</a><div class="vheading2">Micah 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/1-1.htm">The time when Micah prophesied.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/1-2.htm">He shows the wrath of God against Jacob for idolatry.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/1-10.htm">He exhorts to mourning.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This act symbolized the loss and devastation that the people were experiencing or about to experience. In the context of Micah, the prophet is calling the people to mourn for the impending judgment and exile. This practice is also seen in other parts of the Bible, such as <a href="/job/1-20.htm">Job 1:20</a>, where Job shaves his head in response to personal tragedy.<p><b>for your precious children;</b><br>The term "precious children" highlights the deep emotional bond and value placed on offspring in Israelite society. Children were seen as a blessing from God and a continuation of the family line. The impending loss of children to exile would have been a devastating blow, not only emotionally but also socially and economically. This phrase underscores the severity of the coming judgment and the personal impact it would have on families.<p><b>make yourselves as bald as an eagle,</b><br>The comparison to an eagle, likely referring to a vulture or a bird of prey known for its bald appearance, emphasizes the extent of the mourning. The imagery suggests complete and utter desolation, as the people are to strip themselves of any remaining dignity or pride. This vivid metaphor serves to communicate the totality of the impending disaster and the need for sincere repentance.<p><b>for they will go from you into exile.</b><br>The prophecy of exile is a central theme in the messages of the prophets, including Micah. The Northern Kingdom of Israel had already experienced exile at the hands of the Assyrians, and the Southern Kingdom of Judah would soon face a similar fate with the Babylonian captivity. This phrase serves as a warning of the consequences of the people's unfaithfulness to God. The exile is both a literal and spiritual separation from the land and the presence of God, echoing the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. The exile also foreshadows the ultimate redemption and return, pointing to the hope of restoration through the Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a></b><br>A prophet in the 8th century BC, Micah delivered messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah and Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah_and_israel.htm">Judah and Israel</a></b><br>The divided kingdoms of God's chosen people, often straying from God's commandments and facing consequences.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile.htm">Exile</a></b><br>A significant event where the Israelites were taken captive by foreign powers due to their disobedience to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/children.htm">Children</a></b><br>Represents the future generation of Israel, whose fate is a cause for mourning due to impending exile.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/v/vulture.htm">Vulture</a></b><br>A symbol of desolation and mourning, used to illustrate the depth of grief the people should feel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/m/mourning_for_sin.htm">Mourning for Sin</a></b><br>The act of shaving the head symbolizes deep repentance and acknowledgment of sin. Believers are called to mourn over personal and communal sin, recognizing its impact on their relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The exile of the children serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. Christians are encouraged to remain faithful and obedient to God's Word to avoid spiritual exile.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intergenerational_responsibility.htm">Intergenerational Responsibility</a></b><br>The mention of children highlights the responsibility of one generation to guide the next in faithfulness to God. Parents and leaders should diligently teach and model godly living.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_repentance.htm">Hope in Repentance</a></b><br>While the verse speaks of mourning and exile, it also implies the possibility of restoration through genuine repentance. Believers can find hope in God's mercy and the promise of redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_vulture.htm">Symbolism of the Vulture</a></b><br>The vulture, a creature associated with death, underscores the seriousness of the situation. Christians are reminded to take sin seriously and seek God's forgiveness earnestly.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_micah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Micah 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_it_truly_so.htm">Is it truly so?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_makes_claims_falsifiable.htm">What is the meaning of a more sure prophecy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_micah_4_1-2_predict_future_peace.htm">How can Micah 4:1-2 predict a future peace on an actual mountain when no archeological evidence supports such a global gathering place?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_biblical_prophecy's_meaning.htm">What is the meaning of Biblical prophecy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/micah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Make thee bald.</span>--Joel appeals to the land of Judah to go into deep mourning by reason of the loss of her children, slain in war or carried into captivity. The shaving of the head as a token of grief was common amongst Eastern nations, and is distinct from the idolatrous custom of cutting the hair in a peculiar shape denounced by Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm" title="Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.">Jeremiah 9:26</a>, margin), and forbidden by the Jewish Law (<a href="/context/leviticus/19-27.htm" title="You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard.">Leviticus 19:27-28</a>).<p><span class= "bld">As the eagle.</span>--The Hebrew name for eagle includes the different kinds of vultures. Entire baldness is a marked feature of the vulture.<p>The terms in which Joel speaks of the entire desolation of the cities of Judah must refer to a more complete calamity than that inflicted by Sennacherib; they rather suit the period of the Babylonian captivity.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/micah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - § 5. <span class="accented">The prophet calls upon Zion to mourn for her captivity. <span class="cmt_word"></span>Make thee bald.</span> The Hebrew word implies "to make the back of the head bald." Micah addressee Zion as the mother of the children who are to be led into captivity. Shaving the head in sign of mourning seems to have been retained as a traditionary custom in spite of the prohibition of the Law against certain forms which the practice assumed (see <a href="/leviticus/19-27.htm">Leviticus 19:27</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">Deuteronomy 14:1</a>; and for the actual custom, comp. <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Isaiah 3:24</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29</a>; and the note on Amos 8:10). <span class="cmt_word">Poll thee.</span> Cut off thy hair, nearly synonymous with the word in the former clause. <span class="cmt_word">Thy delicate children;</span> literally, <span class="accented">the children of thy delights</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the children who are a joy and comfort to thee, the citizens of thy kingdom (comp. <a href="/micah/2-9.htm">Micah 2:9</a>). <span class="cmt_word">As the eagle</span> (<span class="accented">nesher</span>). The vulture is meant, either <span class="accented">Vultur percnopterus</span>, common in Egypt and Palestine, which is bald on the front of the head and neck, or more probably <span class="accented">Vultur fulvus</span>, the griffon vulture, whose whole head and neck are destitute of true feathers (see 'Bible Educator,' 2:247). <span class="cmt_word">Into captivity.</span> This cannot refer exclusively to the Assyrian invasion, wherein very few captives were taken, but must look forward to the Babylonian deportation in ch. 4:10. The latter calamity alone is parallel to the destruction of Samaria announced in vers. 6, 7 of this chapter. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/micah/1-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Shave yourselves bald</span><br /><span class="heb">קָרְחִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(qā·rə·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7139.htm">Strong's 7139: </a> </span><span class="str2">To make bald</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cut off your hair</span><br /><span class="heb">וָגֹ֔זִּי</span> <span class="translit">(wā·ḡōz·zî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1494.htm">Strong's 1494: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut off, to shear a, flock, shave the hair, to destroy an enemy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in morning for</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your precious</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעֲנוּגָ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·nū·ḡā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8588.htm">Strong's 8588: </a> </span><span class="str2">Daintiness, luxury, exquisite delight</span><br /><br /><span class="word">children;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">make yourselves</span><br /><span class="heb">הַרְחִ֤בִי</span> <span class="translit">(har·ḥi·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7337.htm">Strong's 7337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or grow wide or large</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as bald</span><br /><span class="heb">קָרְחָתֵךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(qā·rə·ḥā·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7144.htm">Strong's 7144: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baldness, bald spot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as an eagle,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁר</span> <span class="translit">(kan·ne·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5404.htm">Strong's 5404: </a> </span><span class="str2">The eagle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will go from you</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֵּֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·mêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into exile.</span><br /><span class="heb">גָל֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḡā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/micah/1-16.htm">OT Prophets: Micah 1:16 Shave your heads and cut off your (Mc Mic. 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