Micah 1:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Micah 1:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Tell it not in Gath - Gath had probably now ceased to be; at least, to be of any account . It shows how David’s elegy lived in the hearts of Judah, that his words are used as a proverb, (just as...
Micah 1:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Declare ye [it] not at (h) Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of (i) Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. (h) Lest the Philistines our enemies rejoice at our destruction. (i) Which was a city near...
Micah 1:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Dirge on Israel's Downfall. This is a difficult and corrupt passage, playing on the names of towns and villages which are chosen for their assonances or their ominous suggestions, in a way impo...
Micah 1:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Declare ye it not at Gath. Compare 2 Samuel 1:20 . Gath. Now Tell es Safi ( Joshua 11:22 , &c). at all. Hebrew. bakko, written defectively for beakko. Note the Figure of speech...
Micah 1:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet seems here to be inconsistent with himself: for he first describes the calamity that was to be evident to all; but now he commands silence, lest the report should reach the enemies....
Micah 1:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. Declare ye it not at Gath - Do not let this prediction be known among the Philistines, else they will...
Micah 1:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In the house of Aphrah roll, &c.— Roll thyself in dust, in the very house of Aphrah, or dust. The word עפרה aphrah, has here a double sense; for it denotes the city of Aphrah, or Aphro...
Micah 1:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. Declare ye it not at Gath - on the borders of Judea, one of the five cities of the Philistines...
Micah 1:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judgment on Samaria and Judah Sargon destroyed Samaria, the capital of North Israel, 722 or 721. Micah, about 720 b.c., declaring ( Micah 1:6 ) that Samaria's fall has been due to its sin, announc...
Micah 1:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Declare ye it not at Gath. — The prophet lets his lament flow after the strain of David’s elegy, “Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon.” In this passage the parallelism see...
Micah 1:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MICAH THE MORASTHITE Micah 1:1-16 SOME time in the reign of Hezekiah, when the kingdom of Judah was still inviolate, but shivering to the shock of the fall of Samaria, and probably while Sargon...
Micah 1:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Witness against His Chosen Micah 1:1-16 Micah was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea. Jeremiah quotes from him. Compare Micah 3:12 and Jeremiah 26:18 . In Micah 1:1-4 the prophet s...
Micah 1:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first message of Micah consists of a summons, a proclamation of Jehovah, and a prophetic message based on the proclamation. This division ends with an account of the intenuption of the false prop...
Micah 1:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not trespass on the Reader with observations on what is here said; it is sufficient to remark, that the Prophet is speaking of the low estate of the Church, and he calls in the neighboring natio...
Micah 1:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Declare ye [it] not at Gath ,.... A city of the Philistines, put for all the rest: the phrase is borrowed from 2 Samuel 1:20 ; where the reason is given, and holds good here as there; and the sense...
Micah 1:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Declare ye [it] not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. Ver. 10. Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all ] sc. in their sight and hearing (though...
Micah 1:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Declare ye it not in Gath Lest the Philistines triumph. The words seem to be taken out of David s lamentation over Saul and Jonathan, 2 Samuel 1:20 , where see the note. Weep ye not at all Or,...
Micah 1:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Predicted. B. C. 743. 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped a...
Micah 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Declare ye it not at Gath; do what you can to keep your griefs to yourselves, let them not be public, that the Philistines, your bitter enemies, should know how sad it is with you and rejoice at it...
Micah 1:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Lament For The Cities of Judah ( Micah 1:10-16 ). These cities lay in the path of Sennacherib as he advanced on Jerusalem after defeating the Egyptian army, and subjugating Philistia, and they i...
Micah 1:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Micah 1:10 .] The Prophet thinks now of the malicious joy of heathen neighbours. Ten places are mentioned in Micah 1:10-15 to depict what would happen in them. In most cases...
Micah 1:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:1 . Micah the Morasthite, alluding to a village in the tribe of Judah, near the city of Eleuthera, which distinguishes him from the prophet Micaiah, who foretold the defeat of Ahab. 1 Kin...
Micah 1:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1:1-2:13 Part I. THREATENINGS AND JUDGMENTS ON ISRAEL AND JUDAH , WITH PREDICTION OF EVENTUAL DELIVERANCE . Micah 1:1 The inscription, or headin...
Micah 1:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentation Over Judah's Chastisement
Micah 1:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 1:20 ; Amos 5:13 ; Amos 6:10 ; Jeremiah 6:26 ; Job 2:8 ; Joshua 18:23 ; Lamentations 3:29
Micah 1:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Declare ye it not — Lest the Philistines triumph. Weep ye not — Make no public weeping. Aphrah — This was farther from the Philistines. Roll thyself — Express thy sorrow.

Micah 1:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 1:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 1:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 1:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 1:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Micah 1:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 1:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 1:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 1:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 1:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 1:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 1:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 1:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 1:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 1:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 1:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 1:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 1:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 1:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes