Micah 1:13

Bind the chariot to the steed, O inhabitress of Lachish,—the beginning of sin, was she to the daughter of Zion, for, in thee, have been found the transgressions of Israel.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

12Though the inhabitress of Maroth waited for blessing,—yet there came down calamity from Yahweh, to the gate of Jerusalem.

14Therefore, shalt thou give a dismission, against Moresheth-gath,—The houses of Achzib, served for a deception to the kings of Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:17And it came to pass when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale,—To the mountain, escape thou lest thou be swept away.

Joshua 10:3therefore sent Adonizedec, king of Jerusalem, unto Hoham, king of Hebron, and unto Piram, king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia, king of Lachish, and unto Debir, king of Eglon, saying:

1 Kings 13:33After this thing, Jeroboam turned not from his wicked way,—but again made, from the whole compass of the people, priests of high places, whomsoever he would, he installed, and he became priest of high places.

1 Kings 16:31And it come to pass, as though it had been too light a thing that he should walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and bowed down to him.

2 Kings 16:3but walked in the way of the kings of Israel,—moreover also, me made, his son, pass through the fire, according to the abominable practices of the nations, whom Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel;

2 Kings 18:17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh, from Lachish unto King Hezekiah, with a heavy force to Jerusalem,—so they came up and drew near to Jerusalem, and took their stand by the upper channel of the pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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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