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Far beneath the grain fields,
    fires are built
to break loose those rocks
    that have jewels or gold.[a]

Miners go to places unseen
    by the eyes of hawks;

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Footnotes

  1. 28.6 gold: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verses 5,6.

The earth, from which food comes,(A)
    is transformed below as by fire;
lapis lazuli(B) comes from its rocks,
    and its dust contains nuggets of gold.(C)
No bird of prey knows that hidden path,
    no falcon’s eye has seen it.(D)

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