Micah 1:16
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
Context
This verse from Micah Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. Micah opens with a theophanic vision of the Lord coming down to judge: he will melt the mountains and split valleys. Both Samaria and Jerusalem are condemned. A mourning procession named by wordplay on city names — Weep-town, Shame-town — …
Other Translations
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.
Make bald and shave, for thy delightful sons, Enlarge thy baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from thee!
Let your head be uncovered and your hair cut off in sorrow for the children of your delight: let the hair be pulled from your head like an eagle's; for they have been taken away from you as prisoners.
Cross References
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the …
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: …
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed …
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, …
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and …
And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and …
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in …