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Don`t tell it in Gath, don`t weep at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.
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God's Honor in Our Defeat
Quoting David's famous lament over Saul, Micah expresses the deep shame of having God's people defeated. Commentators explain the greatest pain is not the loss itself, but that it gives God's enemies a reason to mock His name. This calls believers to consider how their public witness, even in suffering, can affect the world's perception of God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Declare ye it not at Gath. —The prophet lets his lament flow after the strain of David’s elegy, “Tell it not in Gath,…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
