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10 Tell it not in Gath;
    weep not at all;
in Beth-leaphrah
    roll yourselves in the dust.(A)

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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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Footnotes

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

20 Tell it not in Gath;
    proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice;
    the daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.(A)

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20 “Tell it not in Gath,(A)
    proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,(B)
lest the daughters of the Philistines(C) be glad,
    lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.(D)

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26 O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
    and roll in ashes;
make mourning as for an only child,
    most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
    will come upon us.(A)

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26 Put on sackcloth,(A) my people,
    and roll in ashes;(B)
mourn with bitter wailing(C)
    as for an only son,(D)
for suddenly the destroyer(E)
    will come upon us.

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10 And if a relative, one who burns it,[a] takes up the body to bring it out of the house and says to someone in the innermost parts of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” the answer will come, “No.” Then the relative[b] shall say, “Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

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  1. 6.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 6.10 Heb he

10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them[a](A) asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush!(B) We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

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  1. Amos 6:10 Or to make a funeral fire in honor of the dead

13 Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time,
    for it is an evil time.

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13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet(A) in such times,
    for the times are evil.(B)

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29 to put one’s mouth to the dust
    (there may yet be hope),

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29 Let him bury his face in the dust(A)
    there may yet be hope.(B)

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Job[a] took a potsherd with which to scrape himself and sat among the ashes.(A)

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  1. 2.8 Heb He

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(A)

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23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

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