Declare you it not at Gath, weep you not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll yourself in the dust. Treasury of Scripture Declare. 2 Samuel 1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice... Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. Amos 6:10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house... Aphrah. i.e., dust. Joshua 18:23 And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, Ophrah. roll. Job 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes. Jeremiah 6:26 O daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son... Lamentations 3:29 He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Context Weeping and Mourning
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 to Judah; he is come to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10Declare you it not at Gath, weep you not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll yourself in the dust. 11Pass you away, you inhabitant of Saphir, having your 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 to the gate of Jerusalem. 13O you inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in you. 14Therefore shall you give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. 15Yet will I bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come to Adullam the glory of Israel. 16Make you bald, and poll you for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from you. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ya not with tears: in the house of Dust sprinkle yourselves with dust.
Darby Bible Translation
Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
King James Bible
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of 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.
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