Micah 1:10

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 Paronomasia (App-6). Hebrew. bakko 'al tibku "[in] Weep-town weep not".

in... Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6). Hebrew in 'aphrah... 'aphar, English, "in Dust-house roll thyself in dust, "

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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¹⁰ Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrahb roll thyself in the dust.

Related Commentaries of Micah 1:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Micah 1:10