Micah 1:14-16

International Children’s Bible

¹⁴So you must give farewell gifts
    to Moresheth^[a] in Gath.
The houses in Aczib^[b] will be false help
    to the kings of Israel.
¹⁵I will bring an enemy against you
    who live in Mareshah.^[c]
    He will take what you own.
The leaders Israel brags about
    will hide in the cave at Adullam.
¹⁶Cut off your hair to show you are sad.
    Cry for the children you love.
Make yourself bald like the eagle,
    because your children will be forced to live in a foreign land.

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Footnotes

1:14 Moresheth This may be a wordplay on the word “engaged,” referring to a farewell gift to a bride.
1:14 Aczib This name means “lie” or “trick.”
1:15 Mareshah This name sounds like the Hebrew word for a person who captures other cities and lands.