34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

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34 Weep and wail, you shepherds;(A)
    roll(B) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered(C) has come;
    you will fall like the best of the rams.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:34 Septuagint; Hebrew fall and be shattered like fine pottery

34 “Wail,(A) shepherds, and cry!
Roll about in the ashes,
You leaders of the flock!
For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled;
You shall fall like a precious vessel.

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10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

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10 Tell it not in Gath[a];
    weep not at all.
In Beth Ophrah[b]
    roll in the dust.

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  1. Micah 1:10 Gath sounds like the Hebrew for tell.
  2. Micah 1:10 Beth Ophrah means house of dust.

10 (A)Tell it not in Gath,
Weep not at all;
In [a]Beth Aphrah
Roll yourself in the dust.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:10 Lit. House of Dust