Micah 1:10
New Living Translation
10 Don’t tell our enemies in Gath[a];
don’t weep at all.
You people in Beth-leaphrah,[b]
roll in the dust to show your despair.
2 Samuel 1:20
New Living Translation
20 Don’t announce the news in Gath,
don’t proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon,
or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice
and the pagans will laugh in triumph.
Jeremiah 6:26
New Living Translation
26 Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap
and sit among the ashes.
Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son.
For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!
Amos 6:10
New Living Translation
10 And when a relative who is responsible to dispose of the dead[a] goes into the house to carry out the bodies, he will ask the last survivor, “Is anyone else with you?” When the person begins to swear, “No, by . . . ,” he will interrupt and say, “Stop! Don’t even mention the name of the Lord.”)
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- 6:10 Or to burn the dead. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Amos 5:13
New Living Translation
13 So those who are smart keep their mouths shut,
for it is an evil time.
Lamentations 3:29
New Living Translation
29 Let them lie face down in the dust,
for there may be hope at last.
Job 2:8
New Living Translation
8 Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.
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Joshua 18:23
New Living Translation
23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
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