^20 (A)Tell it not in Gath,
    ^(B)publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
^(C)lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
    lest the daughters of ^(D)the uncircumcised exult.

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

¹³ Therefore he who is prudent will ^(A)keep silent in such a time,
    ^(B)for it is an evil time.

^29 (A)let him put his mouth in the dust—
    there may yet be hope;