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. 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.