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Micah 1:10

Beth-le-aphrahGath
Grief

8 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

9 For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.

Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

11 Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.

12 For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
KJV
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
WEB
Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.
ASV
Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.
DARBY
Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
BLB
Do not declare [it] in Gath, do not weep at all weep; in Beth-leaphrah, roll yourself in the dust.
ÅB
Forkynn det ikke i Gat,[^1]
gråt slett ikke!
Velt deg i støvet, du som bor i Bet-Leafra![^2]
OTB
Fortell det ikke i Gat,
Gråt ikke i det hele tatt.
I Bet-le-Afra rull deg i støvet.
B1930
Forkynn det ikke i Gat, gråt ikke der! I Bet-Leafra velter jeg mig i støvet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 1:20

    Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

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  • Jeremiah 6:26

    O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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  • Amos 6:10

    And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”

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  • Amos 5:13

    Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

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  • Job 2:8

    And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

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  • Lamentations 3:29

    Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.

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  • Joshua 18:23

    Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

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