Micah 1:10 “Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-l…”

Micah 1:10

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Declare ye it not at Gath, neither weepe ye: for the house of Aphrah roule thy selfe in the dust.

Darby 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.

Bible in Basic English

Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust.

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Cross references

“Declare”

2 Samuel 1:20 Amos 5:13 Amos 6:10

2 Samuel 1:20 · BSB

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.

Amos 5:13 · BSB

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

Amos 6:10 · BSB

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, “f…

“Aphrah”

Joshua 18:23

Joshua 18:23 · BSB

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

“Ophrah”

Jeremiah 6:26 Job 2:8 Lamentations 3:29

Jeremiah 6:26 · BSB

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.

Job 2:8 · BSB

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

Lamentations 3:29 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

11Depart 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.

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