Micah 1:16 KJV

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

Thou and Ye

  • thee, thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

Thompson Chains

  • BaldnessSee the chain from Leviticus 13:40 · 6 links
  • Captivity (1)See the chain from Deuteronomy 28:36 · 2 links

Parallel Passages

  • Deuteronomy 28:56 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,

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Isaiah 22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
  • 2 Kings 17:6 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 by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
  • Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
  • Jeremiah 7:29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
  • Deuteronomy 28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

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Topics

  • Baldness Artificial, a sign of mourning
  • Eagle The molting of Eagle
  • Micah Denounces the idolatry of his times

Timeline

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Make thee bald קָרְחִי qorḥî קָרַח Verb · qal imperative, second person feminine singular
  • and poll וָגֹזִּי wāgōzzî גַּזָז Verb · qal imperative, second person feminine singular · with and
  • thee for thy delicate תַּעֲנוּגָיִךְ taʿănûgāyik תַּעֲנוּג Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
  • children עַל ʿal Preposition בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
  • enlarge הַרְחִבִי harḥibî רָחַב Verb · hiphil imperative, second person feminine singular
  • thy baldness קָרְחָתֵךְ qorḥātēk קׇרְחָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
  • as the eagle כַּנֶּשֶׁר kannešer נֶשֶׁר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
  • for they are gone into captivity כִּי kî Conjunction גָלוּ gālû גָּלָה Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural מִמֵּךְ mimmēk Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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