Christian Standard Bible
Micah 1:10
10Don’t announce it in Gath, don’t weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
Micah 1:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
- New International Version (NIV)Tell it not in Gath; weep not at all. In Beth Ophrah roll in the dust.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Tell it not in Gath; weep not at all; in Beth-le-aphrah roll yourselves in the dust.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Tell it not in Gath, Weep not at all; In Beth Aphrah Roll yourself in the dust.
Context of Micah 1:10
8Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like ostriches. 9For her wound is incurable and has reached even Judah; it has approached my people’s city gate, as far as Jerusalem. Don’t announce it in Gath, don’t weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah. 11Depart in shameful nakedness, you residents of Shaphir; the residents of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is lamenting; its support is taken from you. 12Though the residents of Maroth anxiously wait for something good, disaster has come from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
Read all of Micah 1Micah 1:10 word by word
בְּגַת֙ אַל־תַּגִּ֔ידוּ בָּכ֖וֹ אַל־תִּבְכּ֑וּ בְּבֵ֣ית לְעַפְרָ֔ה עָפָ֖ר הִתְפַּלָּֽשִׁי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Micah 1:10
- 2 Samuel 1:20Do not tell it in Gath, don’t announce it in the marketplaces of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.
- Amos 5:13Therefore, those who have insight will keep silent at such a time, for the days are evil.
- Amos 6:10A close relative and burner will remove his corpse from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you?” That person will reply, “None.” Then he will say, “Silence, because the Lord’s name must not be invoked.”
- Joshua 18:23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
- Job 2:8Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
- Jeremiah 6:26My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in the dust. Mourn as you would for an only son, a bitter lament, for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.
- Lamentations 3:29Let him put his mouth in the dust — perhaps there is still hope.
Commentaries on Micah 1:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Declare ye it not at Gath - Do not let this prediction be known among the Philistines, else they will glory over you. House of Aphrah - Or, Beth-aphrah. This place is mentioned Joshua 18:23, as in the tribe of Benjamin. There is a paronomasia, or play on words, here: עפר לעפרה בבית bebeith leaphrah aphar, "Roll thyself in the dust in the house of dust."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Tell it not in Gath - Gath had probably now ceased to be; at least, to be of any account. It shows how David‘s elegy lived in the hearts of Judah, that his words are used as a proverb, (just as we do now, in whose ears it is yearly read), when, as with us, its original application was probably lost. True, Gath, reduced itself, might rejoice the more maliciously over the sufferings of Judah. But David mentions it as a chief seat of Philistine strength; now…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 The prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare it not in Gath. Gratify not those that make merry with the sins or with the sorrows of God's Israel. Roll thyself in the dust, as mourners used to do; let every house in Jerusalem become a house of Aphrah, "a house of dust." When God makes the house dust it becomes us to humble ourselves to the dust under his mighty hand. Many places should share this mourning. The names have…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-15The cities listed were in the lowlands of southwestern Judah's coastal areas. This sequence might show the Assyrian army's march down the coastal plain and then into Judah's heartland in 703 to 701 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Declare ye it not at Gath--on the borders of Judea, one of the five cities of the Philistines, who would exult at the calamity of the Hebrews (2Sa 1:20). Gratify not those who exult over the falls of the Israel of God. weep ye not at all--Do not betray your inward sorrow by outward weeping, within the cognizance of the enemy, lest they should exult at it. Reland translates, "Weep not in Acco," that is, Ptolemais, now St. Jean d'Acre, near the foot of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Micah 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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