Study it in the app“Harness the chariot to the steed, inhabitant of Lachish; she was the beginning of sin for the daughter of Zion, for in you were found the transgressions of Israel.”
Harnessרְתֹםthe chariotהַמֶּרְכָּבָהto the steed,לָרֶכֶשׁinhabitantיוֹשֶׁבֶתof Lachish;לָכִישׁshe was the beginningרֵאשִׁית הִיאof sinחַטָּאתfor the daughterלְבַתof Zion,צִיּוֹןforכִּיin youבָךְwere foundנִמְצְאוּthe transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
harness
To harness, hitch horses to a chariot.
Where else “retom” appearschariot
Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.
Where else “merkava” appearssteeds
Steeds: swift horses, for chariots or for the post. A rare word.
Where else “rechesh” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshevet” appearsLachish
See it on the mapWhere else “lachish” appearsbeginning
The beginning: "in the beginning".
Where else “reshit” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsu” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears1Lachish
Today: Tel Lachish ruins, Israel
A fortified city in the low hills of Judah, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Jerusalem.
Joshua took it (Josh 10:32). Sennacherib attacked it before coming against Jerusalem (2 Kgs 18:14), and it was one of the last cities to fall to Babylon (Jer 34:7).
2Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
12For the inhabitant of Maroth is in anguish for good, for evil has come down from YHWH to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 · This verse (above)
14Therefore you will give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will be a deception to the kings of Israel.
