Micah 1:14 {13}
Good News Translation
And now, people of Judah, say good-bye to the town of Moresheth Gath. The kings of Israel will get no help from the town of Achzib.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore you shall give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib shall be a deception to the kings of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Now you will have to give a going-away gift to Moresheth. Israel's kings will discover that they cannot trust the town of Achzib.

New American Bible
Therefore you must give back the dowry to Moresheth-gath; The houses of Achzib are a dry stream bed to the kings of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A tumult of chariots hath astonished the inhabitants of Lachis: it is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Sion for in thee were found the crimes of Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A tumult of chariots hath astonished the inhabitants of Lachis: it is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Sion for in thee were found the crimes of Israel.

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2 Samuel 8:2 And he defeated Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the earth: and he measured with two lines, one to put to death, and one to save alive: and Moab was made to serve David under tribute.

2 Kings 16:8 And when he had gathered together the silver and gold that could be found in the house of the Lord, and in the king's treasures, he sent it for a present to the king of the Assyrians.

2 Kings 18:14-16 Then Ezechias, king of Juda, sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians, to Lachis, saying: I have offended, depart from me: and all that thou shalt put upon me, I will bear. And the king of the Assyrians put a tax upon Ezechias, king of Juda, of three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold. . . .

2 Chronicles 16:1-3 And in the six and thirtieth year of his kingdom, Baasa the king of Israel came up against Juda, and built a wall about Rama, that no one might safely go out or come in of the kingdom of Asa. . . .

Isaiah 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south. In a land of trouble and distress, from whence come the lioness, and the lion, the viper and the flying basilisk, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels to a people that shall not be able to profit them.

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Psalm 62:9 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

Psalm 118:8,9 It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man. . . .

Psalm 146:3,4 In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation. . . .

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Joshua 15:44 And Ceila and Achzib and Maresa: nine cities, and their villages.

Context
Weeping and Mourning
13For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem. 14A tumult of chariots hath astonished the inhabitants of Lachis: it is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Sion for in thee were found the crimes of Israel.15Therefore shall she send messengers to the inheritance of Geth: the houses of lying to deceive the kings of Israel.…
Cross References
Joshua 15:44
And Ceila and Achzib and Maresa: nine cities, and their villages.

2 Kings 16:8
And when he had gathered together the silver and gold that could be found in the house of the Lord, and in the king's treasures, he sent it for a present to the king of the Assyrians.

Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed? it is become to me as the falsehood of deceitful waters that cannot be trusted.

Micah 1:13
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