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15 I will bring against you people who will ·take [possess; conquer] your land,
    you who live in Mareshah [C sounds like Hebrew for “conqueror”].
The ·glory [or nobles; leaders] of Israel
    will go in to Adullam [C perhaps to hide in its caves].
16 ·Cut off your hair [Shave your head; Make yourself bald; C a sign of mourning or sadness]
    for the children ·you love [in whom you delight].
Make yourself bald like the eagle,
    because your children will be taken away ·to a foreign land [in exile/captivity].

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15 I will bring a conqueror against you
    who live in Mareshah.[a](A)
The nobles of Israel
    will flee to Adullam.(B)
16 Shave(C) your head in mourning
    for the children in whom you delight;
make yourself as bald as the vulture,
    for they will go from you into exile.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:15 Mareshah sounds like the Hebrew for conqueror.