Micah 1:13

Residents of Lachish, ¹  hitch the horses to the chariots! You ²  influenced Daughter Zion ³  to sin, ⁴  for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back ⁵  to you!

Ge 19:17; Ex 32:21; Jos 15:39; 1Ki 13:33,34; 1Ki 14:16; 1Ki 16:31; 2Ki 8:18; 2Ki 16:3,4; 2Ki 18:13,14,17; 2Ch 11:9; 2Ch 32:9; Isa 10:31; Isa 37:8; Jer 3:8; Jer 4:29; Eze 23:11; Re 2:14,20; Re 18:1-5

¹ sn The place name Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team [of horses].”

² tn Heb “she”; this has been translated as second person (“you”) in keeping with the direct address to the residents of Lachish in the previous line.

³ sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.

⁴ tn Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”

⁵ tn Heb “for in you was found the transgressions of Israel.”