Micah 1:16

1:16 Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; ¹ 

shave your foreheads as bald ²  as an eagle, ³ 

for they are taken from you into exile.

Micah 6:6

6:6 With what should I ⁴  enter the Lord’s presence?

With what ⁵  should I bow before the sovereign God? ⁶ 

Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings,

with year-old calves?

¹ tn Heb “over the sons of your delight.”

² tn Heb “make wide your baldness.”

³ tn Or “a vulture” (cf. NIV, TEV); CEV “a buzzard.” The Hebrew term נֶשֶׁר (nesher) refers to the griffon vulture or eagle.

⁴ sn With what should I enter the Lord’s presence? The prophet speaks again, playing the role of an inquisitive worshiper who wants to know what God really desires from his followers.

⁵ tn The words “with what” do double duty in the parallelism and are supplied in the second line of the translation for clarification.

⁶ tn Or “the exalted God.”