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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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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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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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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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Footnotes

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

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

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. 2.8 Heb He