Micah 1:10

Declare ye it not at Gat, 1 weep ye not at all; 1 at Beit L'aphrah (House of Dust) roll thyself in the aphar (dust). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

In Context

9For her wound is incurable; 1 for it is come unto Yehudah; 1 it is come unto the sha'ar ami (gate of my people) 1 even to Yerushalayim. 1

11Pass ye on your way, thou inhabitant of Shaphir, 1 in nakedness and shame; 1 the inhabitants of Tza'anan dare not come out. 1 Beit-Ha'etzel is in mourning; 1 it withdraws from you its support. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20Tell it not in Gat, 1 proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon; 1 lest the banot Pelishtim rejoice, 1 lest the banot ha'arelim triumph. 1

Jeremiah 6:26O Bat Ami, gird thee with sackcloth, 1 and roll thyself in ashes; 1 make thee evel (mourning), as for a yachid (only son), 1 most bitter lamentation; 1 for the shoded (destroyer) shall suddenly come upon us. 1

Amos 5:13Therefore the maskil (prudent) shall keep silence in such times; 1 for it is an evil time. 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:9-16

Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 743.) 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. 9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. 11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he… Read the whole commentary →

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