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Micah 1:12-14
Living Bible
Micah 1:12-14
Living Bible
12 The people of Maroth vainly hope for better days, but only bitterness awaits them as the Lord stands poised against Jerusalem.
13 Quick! Use your swiftest chariots and flee, O people of Lachish, for you were the first of the cities of Judah to follow Israel in her sin of idol worship. Then all the cities of the south began to follow your example.
14 Write off Moresheth[a] of Gath; there is no hope of saving her. The town of Achzib has deceived the kings of Israel, for she promised help she cannot give.
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- Micah 1:14 Moresheth, Micah’s hometown (1:1).
Micah 1:12-14
New International Version
Micah 1:12-14
New International Version
12 Those who live in Maroth[a] writhe in pain,
waiting for relief,(A)
because disaster(B) has come from the Lord,
even to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 You who live in Lachish,(C)
harness fast horses to the chariot.
You are where the sin of Daughter Zion(D) began,
for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
14 Therefore you will give parting gifts(E)
to Moresheth(F) Gath.
The town of Akzib[b](G) will prove deceptive(H)
to the kings of Israel.
Footnotes
- Micah 1:12 Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter.
- Micah 1:14 Akzib means deception.
Micah 1:12-14
King James Version
Micah 1:12-14
King James Version
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
13 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.
14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
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Micah 1:12-14
English Standard Version
Micah 1:12-14
English Standard Version
12 For the inhabitants of Maroth
wait anxiously for good,
because disaster has come down (A)from the Lord
to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the steeds to the chariots,
inhabitants of (B)Lachish;
it was the beginning of sin
to the daughter of Zion,
for in you were found
(C)the transgressions of Israel.
14 Therefore you shall give parting gifts[a]
to (D)Moresheth-gath;
the houses of (E)Achzib shall be a deceitful thing
to the kings of Israel.
Footnotes
- Micah 1:14 Or give dowry
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