Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
Declare
Bible References
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, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
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, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with you? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Roll
Job 2:8
And he took himself a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes.
Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth, and roll yourself about in ashes: make yourself mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Lamentations 3:29
He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.