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Because of this, I will howl and wail;
    this is why I will go barefoot and naked,
Why I will scream like the jackals
    and screech like the ostriches as if in mourning.

Eternal One: For her wounds cannot be cured because Samaria’s transgression has reached Judah.
        It now has reached the gate of My people, even in Jerusalem.

This listing of 11 conquered Israelite cities begins with David’s quote about Gath when he was lamenting the deaths of Saul and Jonathan (2 Samuel 1:20).

10     Do not tell this in Gath. Do not weep even a little.[a]
        In Beth-le-aphrah, wallow in the dust as you mourn.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:10 Greek manuscripts read, “not in Acco.”

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