Tell it not in Gath - Gath had probably now ceased to exist, or at least, to be of any significance. This shows how David’s elegy lived in t…

Declare ye it not at Gath. —The prophet lets his lament flow after the strain of David’s elegy, “Tell it not in Gath,…

The Prophet seems here to be inconsistent with himself: for he first describes the calamity that would be evident to all; but now he commands silen…

Declare you [it] not at Gath
A city of the Philistines, put for all the rest: the phrase is borrowed from ([Referenc…

The prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare it not in Gath. Do not gratify those who make merry with the sins or with…