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13 Residents of Lachish,[a] hitch the horses to the chariots!
You[b] influenced Daughter Zion[c] to sin,[d]
for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back[e] to you!

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:13 sn The place name Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team [of horses].”
  2. Micah 1:13 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. Micah 1:13 sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.
  4. Micah 1:13 tn Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”
  5. Micah 1:13 tn Heb “for in you was found the transgressions of Israel.”

13 You who live in Lachish,(A)
    harness fast horses to the chariot.
You are where the sin of Daughter Zion(B) began,
    for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

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