God’s Word Translation
Micah 1:10
10Don’t report it in Gath. Don’t cry there. Roll in the dust of 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
8I will mourn and cry because of this. I will walk around barefoot and naked. I will cry like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. 9Samaria’s wounds are incurable. ⌞The news about Samaria⌟ will come to Judah. It will reach the gates of my people in Jerusalem. Don’t report it in Gath. Don’t cry there. Roll in the dust of Beth Leaphrah. 11Pass by, naked and ashamed, inhabitants of Shaphir. Don’t come out, inhabitants of Zaanan. Beth Ezel is in mourning. It will take its support away from you. 12Wait anxiously for good, inhabitants of Maroth. From the Lord disaster will come on the gates 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Micah 1:10
- 2 Samuel 1:20Don’t tell the news in Gath. Don’t announce the victory in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, and the daughters of godless men will celebrate.
- Amos 5:13That is why a wise person remains silent at such times, because those times are so evil.
- Amos 6:10If a relative or a mortician comes to take the dead bodies out of the house and asks someone who is inside the house, “Is there anyone else with you?” that person will answer, “No.” “Hush,” he will add. “We shouldn’t mention the name of the Lord!”
- Joshua 18:23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
- Job 2:8Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself as he sat in the ashes.
- Jeremiah 6:26Wear sackcloth, and roll around in ashes, my people. Mourn as if you have lost your only child, and cry bitterly. The destroyer will suddenly attack us.
- Lamentations 3:29They should put their mouths in the dust. Maybe a reason to hope exists.
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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