Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Micah 1:16 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Micah 1:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Micah chapter 1 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.”
Micah 1:16 (KJV)
Commentary on Micah 1:16
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children (קָרְחִי וָגֹזִּי עַל־בְּנֵי תַעֲנוּגָיִךְ, qorchi va-gozzi al-benei ta'anuggayikh). קָרַח (qarach, make bald) and גָּזַז (gazaz, shave/poll) describe mourning customs where parents cut/shaved hair over dead children. "Delicate children" (בְּנֵי תַעֲנוּגִים, benei ta'anuggim) emphasizes tender, cherished ones—heightening pathos. Though Mosaic law forbade certain mourning practices (Leviticus 19:27-28; Deuteronomy 14:1), this command uses hyperbole to convey devastating loss.Enlarge thy baldness as the eagle (הַרְחִ בִי קָרְחָתֵךְ כַּנֶּשֶ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Micah 1:16
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“the Lord”
“and tore his robe”
“[Jerusalem]”
“and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies”
“neither shall men lament for them”
“the days are coming when all that is in your house”
“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;,Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:, וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה יַעַן כִּי גָבְהוּ בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן וַתֵּלַכְנָה *נטוות **נְטוּיוֹת גָּרוֹן וּמְשַׂקְּרוֹת עֵינָיִם הָלוֹךְ וְטָפֹף תֵּלַכְנָה וּבְרַגְלֵיהֶם תְּעַכַּסְנָה׃ ,Moreover the LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with stretched-forth necks And wanton eyes, Walking and mincing as they go, And making a tinkling with their feet;,τί ὑμεῖς ἀδικεῖτε τὸν λαόν μου καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τῶν πτωχῶν καταισχύνετε 3:16 τάδε λέγει κύριος ἀνθ' ὧν ὑψώθησαν αἱ θυγατέρες σιων καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὑψηλῷ τραχήλῳ καὶ ἐν νεύμασιν ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ τῇ πορείᾳ τῶν ποδῶν ἅμα σύρουσαι τοὺς χιτῶνας καὶ τοῖς ποσὶν ἅμα παίζουσαι,Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:,,,,”
“They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.”
“and carried Israel away to Assyria”
“who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness”