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he has passed through Migron;
at Micmash he deposited his baggage.
29 They crossed over the pass;
Geba is a place of overnight lodging for us.
Ramah trembles;
Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Daughter of Gallim, cry out with your voice;
Laishah, listen!
⌊Anathoth is poor⌋.v
The inhabitants of Gebim bring themselves into safety!
32 ⌊This day⌋w ⌊taking a stand⌋x at Nob,
he will shake his fist at the mountain of the daughtery of Zion,
at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Look! The Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to lop off the branchesz with great power,
and ⌊the towering trees⌋a will be felled,
and the ⌊tall trees⌋b will be brought low.
34 And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with the axe,
and Lebanon will fall by the mighty one.
v | Or with different vocalization, “Answer her, Anathoth!” which fits the parallelism better |
w | Literally “Yet today” |
x | Literally “to stand” |
y | Following the reading tradition (Qere); the consonantal text has “house” |
z | Hebrew “branch” |
a | Literally “the haughty of the height” |
b | Literally “height” |
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