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11 Pass on, you who dwell in Saphir
—nakedness and shame—
she who dwells in Zaanan
    will not come out.
Wailing of Beth-ezel[a]:
    He will take from you its standing-place.
12 For she who dwells in Maroth has languished for something good.
For calamity has come down
    from Adonai to Jerusalem’s gate.
13 Harness the chariot to the steed,
    O inhabitant of Lachish!
It was the beginning of sin
    for the Daughter of Zion—
because in you were found
    the rebellions of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:11 Meaning, the house nearby.