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Micah 1:10

Beth-le-aphrahGath
Grief

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.

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 shall receive of you his standing.

12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto 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, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

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  • Jeremiah 6:26

    O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

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  • Amos 6:10

    And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

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  • Amos 5:13

    Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

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  • Job 2:8

    And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

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  • Lamentations 3:29

    He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

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  • Joshua 18:23

    And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

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