Micah 1:10

Micah's Lament

⁹ For her wound is incurable,
For it has come to Judah;
It has reached the gate of my people,
Even to Jerusalem.
¹⁰ Tell it not in Gath,
Weep not at all.
At Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.
¹¹ Go on your way, inhabitant of Shaphir, in shameful nakedness.
The inhabitant of Zaanan does not escape.
The lamentation of Beth-ezel: “He will take from you its support.”

Dust and Ashes

Let There Be

Not At All

Accho

Aphrah

Gath

No

Ophrah

Philistia

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.

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.

Joshua 18:23

and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

Job 2:8

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

Lamentations 3:29

Let him put his mouth in the dust,
Perhaps there is hope.

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.”