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Micah 1

Mic. 1:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Declare
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
ye it not at Gath
Gath (Hebrew #1661)
Gath, a Philistine city
KJV usage: Gath.
Pronounce: gath
Origin: the same as 1660
, weep
bakah (Hebrew #1058)
to weep; generally to bemoan
KJV usage: X at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, X more, mourn, X sore, X with tears, weep.
Pronounce: baw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
ye not at all
bakah (Hebrew #1058)
to weep; generally to bemoan
KJV usage: X at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, X more, mourn, X sore, X with tears, weep.
Pronounce: baw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
: in the house of φAphrah
Beyth (Hebrew #1036)
house to (i.e. of) dust; Beth-le-Aphrah, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: house of Aphrah.
Pronounce: l-`Aphrah
Origin: from 1004 and the feminine of 6083 (with preposition interposed)
roll
palash (Hebrew #6428)
to roll (in dust)
KJV usage: roll (wallow) self.
Pronounce: paw-lash'
Origin: a primitive root
palash (Hebrew #6428)
to roll (in dust)
KJV usage: roll (wallow) self.
Pronounce: paw-lash'
Origin: a primitive root
thyself in the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
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φ
That is, dust.

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Aphrah,
Dust,
Gath,
House,
Roll

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Declare.
2 Sam. 1:20• 20Tell it not in Gath, carry not the tidings in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. (2 Sam. 1:20)
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Amos 5:13• 13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time. (Amos 5:13)
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Amos 6:10• 10And a man's uncle, and he that should burn him, shall take him up to bring out the bones from the house, and shall say unto him that is in the inner parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, None. And he will say, Silence! for we may not make mention of Jehovah's name. (Amos 6:10)
Aphrah.
i.e., dust.
Josh. 18:23• 23and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah, (Josh. 18:23)
Ophrah.
roll.
Job 2:8• 8And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes. (Job 2:8)
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Jer. 6:26• 26Daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes: make mourning, as for an only son--bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us. (Jer. 6:26)
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Lam. 3:29• 29he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope; (Lam. 3:29)
• Other cities in the land along the way would also be devastated by the invasion (vss. 10-16). (“The Prophecies of Micah” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Tell it not in Gath, weep not at allb; at Beth-le-aphrahc roll thyself in the dust.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Or "in Acco (i.e. 'weeping') weep not." Vers. 10-15 are made up of paranomasia, see Isa. 5.7
c
House of dust.