Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.