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Make you bald, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight: enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from you.
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Grief as Public Testimony
Micah calls for an extreme and public display of mourning—shaving the head—for the loss of their children to captivity. Commentators explain this wasn't a forbidden pagan rite but a natural expression of profound sorrow. The command to "enlarge your baldness" signifies that the depth of their loss demanded an unparalleled level of grief, reflecting the devastating consequences of their sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Make yourself bald, shear yourself (literally, shear yourself for your delicate children). Some special ways of cutting the hair were forbid…
19th Century
Anglican
Make thee bald. —Joel appeals to the land of Judah to go into deep mourning because of the loss of her children, slain in…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet finally concludes that nothing remained for the people but lamentation, for the Lord had resolved to desolate and destroy the whole cou…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Make thee bald, and poll thee for your delicate children Which is said, either with respect to Mareshah, or to Adull…
The prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare it not in Gath. Do not gratify those who make merry with the sins or with…
