Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do not be willing to announce it in Gath; may you not lament with tears. In the house of Dust, besprinkle yourselves with dust."
— Micah 1:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.”
“Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust. ”
“Don't tell it in Gath. Don't weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.”
“Don’t spread the news in Gath! Don’t shed even a single tear! In Beth Leaphrah roll about in mourning in the dust!”
“Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ye not with tears: in the house of Dust sprinkle yourselves with dust.”
“Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust.”
“Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.”
And all her graven images will be cut to pieces, and all her rewards will be burned with fire, and I will place all her idols in perdition. For they have been gathered together from the pay of a kept woman, and even to the pay of a kept woman, they will return.
I will lament and wail about this. I will go out despoiled and naked. I will make a howl like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches.
For her wound has been in despair. For it has come even to Judah. It has touched the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
Do not be willing to announce it in Gath; may you not lament with tears. In the house of Dust, besprinkle yourselves with dust.
And cross over to your dwelling place, Beauty, bewildered by disgrace. She did not depart, who dwells at the place of departure. The House nearby, which remained firm by herself, will receive mourning from you.
For she has been weakened in goodness, who dwells in bitterness. For disaster has descended from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
A tumult of four-horse chariots has stupefied the inhabitants of Lachish. The beginning has been sin for the daughter of Zion, because in you have been found the evil deeds of Israel.