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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  1. Micah 1:15 Lit glory

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

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