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Micah 1:10 KJV
Micah · chapter 1 · verse 10
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.Micah 1:10 · King James Version
Micah 1:10 in context
8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
9For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
11Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Declarenâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
- AphrahBêyth lᵉ-ʻAphrâhBeth-le-Aphrah, a place in PalestineH1036 →
- GathGathGath, a Philistine cityH1661 →
- weepbâkâhto weepH1058 →
- rollpâlashto rollH6428 →
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We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom. I. The prophet is himself chief mourner (Mic 1:8, Mic 1:9): I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked, as a man distracted with grief.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-16