Micah 1:10 Tell it not in Gath; weep not at all. In Beth Ophrah roll in the dust.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Tell it not in Gath; weep not at all. In Beth Ophrah roll in the dust.

English Standard Version
Tell it not in Gath; weep not at all; in Beth-le-aphrah roll yourselves in the dust.

New American Standard Bible
Tell it not in Gath, Weep not at all. At Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't announce it in Gath, don't weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

International Standard Version
"Don't discuss it in Gath! Don't cry bitterly in Akim! Roll in the ashes, Beth-leaphrah!

American Standard Version
Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ya not with tears: in the house of Dust sprinkle yourselves with dust.

Darby Bible Translation
Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

Young's Literal Translation
In Gath tell ye not -- in Acco weep not, In Beth-Aphrah, in dust roll thyself.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:8-16 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 meanings which pointed out the miseries coming upon them; thereby to awaken the people to a holy fear of Divine wrath. All refuges but Christ, must be refuges of lies to those who trust in them; other heirs will succeed to every inheritance but that of heaven; and all glory will be turned into shame, except that honour which cometh from God only. Sinners may now disregard their neighbours' sufferings, yet their turn to be punished will some come.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. 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 Mount Carmel; allotted to Asher, but never occupied by that tribe (Jud 1:31); Acco's inhabitants would, therefore, like Gath's, rejoice at Israel's disaster. Thus the parallelism is best carried out in all the three clauses of the verse, and there is a similar play on sounds in each, in the Hebrew Gath, resembling in sound the Hebrew for "declare"; Acco, resembling the Hebrew for "weep"; and Aphrah, meaning "dust." While the Hebrews were not to expose their misery to foreigners, they ought to bewail it in their own cities, for example, Aphrah or Ophrah (Jos 18:23; 1Sa 13:17), in the tribe of Benjamin. To "roll in the dust" marked deep sorrow (Jer 6:26; Eze 27:30).