Micah 1:15

‘People in Mareshah’. The *Hebrew words here sound like ‘someone who takes possession’. It means the person that wins a battle. The result will be that only a few people will live. It was like that earlier at the cave of Adullam. This statement about Adullam refers to David. He ran away from Saul. David hid in the cave of Adullam. David was very weak at that time. Those who ran away with him were also weak. They were not important people (1 Samuel 22:1-2; 2 Samuel 23:13). However, the people in Mareshah were important people. They were men that had a high rank. They ran away from the *Assyrians and they hid from the *Assyrians.

However, all those references to the cave of Adullam mean the same thing. David’s companions were men in trouble. They were in debt. They were unhappy people. Those who ran from Mareshah were important people. But those two situations were alike, because there was little hope for improvement. In both events, it seemed that the end had come. There is a promise about a better future for Judah and *Israel. But it comes later in this book (Micah 2:12-13).

v16 So cut off your hair. Make yourself bald like a large bird that has no feathers on its head. Start to be sad. You may want to know why you will be sad. This is the reason. Your enemies will take your precious children from you. They will send the children to a foreign country. And the children will not return.