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Micah 1:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Micah 1:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 Therefore you must give back the dowry
to Moresheth-gath;
The houses of Achzib[a] are a dry stream bed
to the kings of Israel.
Footnotes
- 1:14 The houses of Achzib: there is a wordplay here. In the Hebrew, the word translated here as “dry stream bed” is ’achzab; this word is sometimes translated as “deception” or “disappointment.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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