Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
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Gill's Exposition
Declare ye it not at Gath,.... A city of the Philistines, put for all the rest: the phrase is borrowed from Sa2 1:20; where the reason is given, and holds good here as there; and the sense is, not…
Barnes' Notes
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 we do…
Adam Clarke
Declare ye it not at Gath - Do not let this prediction be known among the Philistines, else they will glory over you.
House of Aphrah - Or, Beth-aphrah. This place is mentioned Jos 18:23, as in the…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Declare ye it not -May we at least be spared the sight of the malicious joy of our envious neighbours!" Here begins a series of paronomasias, which however are far from indicating a playful mood in…
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