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10 Don’t tell it in Gath.[a]
    Don’t cry in Acco.[b]
Roll in the dust
    at Beth Ophrah.[c]
11 Pass on your way, naked and ashamed,
    you who live in Shaphir.[d]
Those who live in Zaanan[e]
    won’t come out.
The people in Beth Ezel[f] will cry,
    but they will not give you any support.
12 Those who live in Maroth[g]
    will be anxious for good news to come,
because trouble will come from the Lord,
    all the way to the gate of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:10 Gath This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “tell.”
  2. 1:10 Acco This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “cry.”
  3. 1:10 Beth Ophrah This name means “house of dust.”
  4. 1:11 Shaphir This name means “beautiful.”
  5. 1:11 Zaanan This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “come out.”
  6. 1:11 Beth Ezel This name means “house by the side of another,” suggesting help or support.
  7. 1:12 Maroth This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “sad” or “miserable.”

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