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10 Don’t tell it in Gath [C sounds like Hebrew for “tell”; Gath and the cities in this list were in Assyria’s path of destruction in 701 bc].
    Don’t cry ·in Acco [or at all; C the Hebrew for “cry” sounds like Acco].
Roll in the dust
    at Beth Ophrah [C “house of dust”].
11 Pass on your way, naked and ashamed,
    you who live in Shaphir [C “beautiful” or “pleasant”].
Those who live in Zaanan [C sounds like Hebrew for “come out”]
    won’t come out.
The people in Beth Ezel [C “house of nearness”] ·will cry [are in mourning],
    but they will not give you any support.
12 Those who live in Maroth [C sounds like Hebrew for “sad” or “miserable”]
    ·will be anxious [hope] for good news to come,
because ·trouble [disaster] ·will [or has] come from the Lord,
    all the way to the gate of Jerusalem.

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