12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited for good, but evil came from the Lord unto the [a]gate of Jerusalem.

13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the beasts [b]of price: she [c]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 Moresheth [d]Gath: the houses of Achzib shall be as a lie to the kings of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:12 For Rabshakeh had shut up Jerusalem, that they could not send to succor them.
  2. Micah 1:13 To flee away: for Sennacherib laid siege first to that city, and re-mained therein when he sent his captains and army against Jerusalem.
  3. Micah 1:13 Thou first receivedst the idolatry of Jeroboam, and so didst infect Jerusalem.
  4. Micah 1:14 Thou shalt bribe the Philistines thy neighbors, but they shall deceive thee, as well as they of Jerusalem.

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