Micah 1:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

O inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Harness the chariot to the swift horses, you inhabitants of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Bind{H7573} the chariot{H4818} to the swift steed,{H7409} O inhabitant{H3427} of Lachish:{H3923} she was the beginning{H7225} of sin{H2403} to the daughter{H1323} of Zion;{H6726} for the transgressions{H6588} of Israel{H3478} were found{H4672} in thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    O thou inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)} of Lachish{H3923}, bind{H7573}{(H8798)} the chariot{H4818} to the swift beast{H7409}: she is the beginning{H7225} of the sin{H2403} to the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726}: for the transgressions{H6588} of Israel{H3478} were found{H4672}{(H8738)} in thee.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The greate noyse off the charettes shall feare them, that dwell at Lachis, which is an occasion of ye synne of ye doughter of Sion, for in the came vp the wickednesses of Israel.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    O thou inhabitant of Lachish, binde the charet to the beastes of price: she is the beginning of the sinne to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    O thou inhabitaunt of Lachis, binde the charette to the swiftest beast, she is the beginning of the sinne of the daughter of Sion: for the transgressions of Israel were founde in thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she [is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Bind the chariot to a swift beast, O inhabitant of Lachish, The beginning of sin `is' she to the daughter of Zion, For in thee have been found the transgressions of Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let the war-carriage be yoked to the quick-running horse, you who are living in Lachish: she was the first cause of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the wrongdoings of Israel were seen in you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Residents of Lachish, hitch the horses to the chariots! You influenced Daughter Zion to sin, for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back to you!

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 18:17 : 17 The king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great army against Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem, and when they had gone up, they stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the fuller's field.
  • Josh 10:3 : 3 So Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
  • 2 Chr 32:9 : 9 After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (while he was besieging Lachish with all his forces), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah that were in Jerusalem, saying,
  • Isa 10:31 : 31 Madmenah is moved away; the inhabitants of Gebim gather to flee.
  • Isa 37:8 : 8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
  • Jer 3:8 : 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.
  • Jer 4:29 : 29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell in it.
  • Ezek 23:11 : 11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.
  • Mic 1:5 : 5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
  • Rev 2:20 : 20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
  • Rev 18:1-5 : 1 After these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, possessing great power; and the earth was illuminated with his glory. 2 And he cried out mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become the dwelling of demons, and the prison of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the abundance of her luxuries. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may not be partakers of her sins, and that you may not receive her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
  • Josh 15:39 : 39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
  • 1 Kgs 13:33-34 : 33 After this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whoever desired, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. 34 And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
  • 1 Kgs 14:16 : 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned, and who made Israel to sin.
  • 1 Kgs 16:31 : 31 And as if it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him.
  • 2 Kgs 8:18 : 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 16:3-4 : 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
  • 2 Kgs 18:13-14 : 13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me, I will bear. So the king of Assyria imposed upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
  • 2 Chr 11:9 : 9 Adoraim, Lachish, and Azekah,
  • Gen 19:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them out, that he said, Escape for your life; do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the plain; escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed.
  • Exod 32:21 : 21 Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"

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