Micah 1:16 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

Shave your head and cut off all your hair in grief for the children you love so much. Make yourself as bald as an eagle when it molts — because your kids have been taken away from you into captivity.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes loss hits so deep that the only response is raw, visible grief.

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