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.

Bible References

Declare

2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Gath,
Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,
The daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.
Amos 5:13
Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time.
Amos 6:10
Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will answer, “Keep quiet. For the name of the Lord is not to be mentioned.”

Roll

Job 2:8
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.
Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
And roll in ashes;
Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.
Lamentations 3:29
Let him put his mouth in the dust,
Perhaps there is hope.

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