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11 Pass by, inhabitants of Shaphir, naked and ashamed.
    The inhabitants of Za’anan[a] must not go out.
    Beth Ezel mourns. It takes away its support from you.[b]
12 The inhabitants of Maroth anxiously wait for good,
    because disaster has come down from the Lord to the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Hitch fast horses to the chariot, you inhabitants of Lachish.
    You were the beginning of sin for the Daughter of Zion,
    because the rebellious deeds of Israel were found also in you.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:11 The stop mark ′ shows that Za’an- is to be pronounced as two syllables.
  2. Micah 1:11 The meaning of this line is uncertain.