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Micah 1:13

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.

KJV

Tumultus quadrigæ stuporis habitanti Lachis : principium peccati est filiæ Sion, quia in te inventa sunt scelera Israël.

Vulgate

ψόφος ἁρμάτων καὶ ἱππευόντων. κατοικοῦσα Λαχεὶς ἀρχηγὸς ἁμαρτίας αὕτη ἐστὶν τῇ θυγατρὶ Σειών, ὅτι ἐν σοὶ εὑρέθησαν ἀσέβειαι τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

LXX

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.

ASV

רְתֹ֧ם הַ/מֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה לָ/רֶ֖כֶשׁ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת לָכִ֑ישׁ רֵאשִׁ֨ית חַטָּ֥את הִיא֙ לְ/בַת צִיּ֔וֹן כִּי בָ֥/ךְ נִמְצְא֖וּ פִּשְׁעֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
ה
h
proper_noun · 24×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
ו
v
noun · 44×
חַטָּ֖את
cht't
noun · 298×
י
y
noun · 93×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
רְתֹ֧ם
rtm
verb · 1×
רֵאשִׁ֣ית
r'shyt
noun · 51×
רֶ֨כֶשׁ֙
rksh
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 4:28 — Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
  • 1Kgs 18:44 — And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down
  • 2Chr 32:9 — After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that
  • 2Kgs 18:17 — And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, th
  • Hos 10:8 — The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on u
  • Josh 10:3 — Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
  • Josh 10:3 — Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,