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

15 Yet will I bring an [d]heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, he shall come unto Adullam, [e]the glory of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Micah 1:13 Thou first receivedst the idolatry of Jeroboam, and so didst infect Jerusalem.
  3. Micah 1:14 Thou shalt bribe the Philistines thy neighbors, but they shall deceive thee, as well as they of Jerusalem.
  4. Micah 1:15 He prophesieth against his own city: and because it signified an heritage, he saith that God would send an heir to possess it.
  5. Micah 1:15 For so they thought themselves for the strength of their city.

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