16Shave your heads in mourning for the children in whom you delight; make yourselves as bald as the vulture, for they will go from you into exile.


In Context

13 You who live in Lachish, harness the team to the chariot. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

14 Therefore you will give parting gifts to Moresheth Gath. The town of Aczib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.

15 I will bring a conqueror against you who live in Mareshah. He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.

16 Shave your heads in mourning for the children in whom you delight; make yourselves as bald as the vulture, for they will go from you into exile.

Micah 1:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delights; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture; for they have gone into captivity from you!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Make bald and shave, for thy delightful sons, Enlarge thy baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from thee!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Make you bald, and poll you for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from you.