Micah 1:9-11

New Century Version

⁹because Samaria’s wound cannot be healed.
    It will spread to Judah;
it will reach the city gate of my people,
    all the way to Jerusalem.
¹⁰Don’t tell it in Gath.^[a]
    Don’t cry in Acco.^[b]
Roll in the dust
    at Beth Ophrah.^[c]
¹¹Pass 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.

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Footnotes

1:10 Gath This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “tell.”
1:10 Acco This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “cry.”
1:10 Beth Ophrah This name means “house of dust.”
1:11 Shaphir This name means “beautiful.”
1:11 Zaanan This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “come out.”
1:11 Beth Ezel This name means “house by the side of another,” suggesting help or support.