Micah 1:13

O thou inhabitant of Lakhish, 1 harness the merkavah to the swift horses; 1 it was the reshit chattat (beginning of sin) to Bat Tziyon; 1 for the transgressions of Yisroel 1 were found in thee. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

In Context

12For the inhabitant of Marot waited anxiously for relief; 1 but rah (evil) came down from Hashem unto the sha'ar Yerushalayim. 1

14Therefore shalt thou give shilluchim (parting gifts) to Moreshet-Gat; 1 the batim (houses) of Achziv shall be a deception 1 to the melachim of Yisroel. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that he said, Flee and escape for thy nefesh; look not back behind thee, neither stop thou anywhere in all the plain; flee and escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.

Joshua 10:3Therefore Adoni-Tzedek Melech Yerushalayim, sent unto Hoham Melech Chevron, and unto Piram Melech Yarmut, and unto Yaphia Melech Lakhish, and unto Devir Melech Eglon, saying,

1 Kings 13:33After this thing Yarov'am returned not from his derech har'ah, but installed again of the lowest of the people as kohanim of the high places; whosoever desired, he filled hands of + 13:33 i.e., ordained him, and he became one of the kohanim of the + 13:33 idolatrous high places. + 13:33 See Lv 7:37 and 8:25-36

1 Kings 16:31And it came to pass, as if it had not been enough for him to walk in the chattot Yarov'am Ben Nevat, he even took as isha Izevel Bat Etba'al Melech Tzidonim, and went and served Ba'al, and worshiped him.

2 Kings 16:3But he walked in the derech of the Melachim of Yisroel, and even made bno to pass through the eish, according to the to'avot of the Goyim, whom Hashem cast out from before the Bnei Yisroel.

2 Kings 18:17And Melech Ashur sent Tartan and Rav Saris and Rav Shakeh from Lakhish to Melech Chizkiyah with a large army against Yerushalayim. And they went up and came to Yerushalayim. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the te'alat haberekhah haelyonah (aqueduct of the Upper Pool), on the highway of the Sadeh of the Launderer.

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:9-16

Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 743.) 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. 9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. 11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he… Read the whole commentary →

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