Matthew Poole and continuators on Micah 1:16

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

O Iudea, and Israel in token of sorrow for these wasting [illegible: 3 letters]gments tear off thy hair with thine own hands,

Shave off with the Razor, and by others hand what thou canst not tear off.

For the loss of them, some being slain, others starved, or swept away with Pestilence, and the residue carried Captive, express thy deep sorrow for these miseries conformably to the custome of bitter mourning, Iob 1.20. Isa. 3.24. and 15.2. Ier. 7.29.

Make thy baldness greater then usual for the occasion does require and will justifie it.

Which loseth at once her strength, courage and beauty and languisheth in her baldness.

Thy delicate children.

Never to return more, or not till a long captivity expire.

Marginal references: Isa. [illegible: 2 letters]