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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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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:14 Moresheth, Micah’s hometown (1:1).

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:12 Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter.
  2. Micah 1:14 Akzib means deception.