Micah 1:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 1:8-16

We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom. I. The prophet is himself chief mourner (Mic. 1:8, 9): I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked, as a man distracted with grief. The prophets usually expressed their own grief for the public grievances, partly to mollify the predictions of them, and to make it appear that is was not out of ill-will that they denounced the judgments of God (so far were they from desiring the woeful day that they dreaded... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 1:13

O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast ,.... Horses, camels, dromedaries, or mules. Some F21 לרכש "ad equos velocissimos", Pagninus; "equo veloci", Montanus; "angariis sc. equis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. render the word swift horse or horses, post horses; others dromedaries F23 "Dromadibus", Vatablus. So Elias. ; and some mules F24 "Mulis", so some in Piscator; "ad mulum celerem", Burkius. the two latter seem more especially to be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 1:13

Inhabitant of Lachish - This city was in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:39 , and was taken by Sennacherib when he was coming against Jerusalem, 2 Kings 18:13 , etc., and it is supposed that he wished to reduce this city first, that, possessing it, he might prevent Hezekiah's receiving any help from Egypt. She is the beginning of the sin - This seems to intimate that Lachish was the first city in Judah which received the idolatrous worship of Israel. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 1:13

Verse 13 By bidding the citizens of Lachish to tie their chariots to dromedaries he intimates that it would not be not safe for them to remain in their city, and that nothing would be better for them than to flee elsewhere and to carry away their substance. “Think,” he says, “of flight, and of the quickest flight.” The word רכש, recash, which I render dromedary or camel, is of an uncertain meaning among the Hebrews; some render it swift horses: but we understand the Prophet’s meaning; for he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:10-15

4. The judgment on Judah is exemplified by the fate of certain of its cities, whose names the prophet connects with their punishment in a series of paronomasias. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:11-16

Sorrow following in the train of evil. I. THIS TRUTH IS SET FORTH IN THESE VERSES IN POETICAL LANGUAGE . The prophet does not mention the land of Judah, but he singles out a number of places in the country, and addresses them by name, employing phraseology calculated to produce a strong impression concerning the grief and sadness that should overspread the nation. We may fittingly compare with this a similar passage in the book of Micah's contemporary, Isaiah ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:13

Lachish . A very strong and important city of the Canaanites, hod. Um Lakis, about fourteen miles northeast of Gaza, which was captured by Sennacherib after a long siege ( 2 Kings 18:14 ; Isaiah 36:2 ; Isaiah 37:8 ). In the British Museum there is a bas-relief, brought from Assyria, representing Sennacherib seated on his throne while the spoil of the city of Lachish passed before him. Bind the chariot to the swift beast. Harness your horses to your chariots, that ye may flee and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:13

Be quick. "Bind the chariot to the swift beast." These words are addressed to the inhabitants of Lachish. "This place appears to have formed the link of idolatry between Israel and Judah. Lying in the Shephelah, a fortified place of great importance, she was the first city in Judah that was led away by the sin of Jeroboam; and from her the infection spread till at length it reached Jerusalem itself. In the prospect of a sudden attack, it behoved the inhabitants to use all despatch in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:13

O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast - (steed.) Lachish was always a strong city, as its name probably denoted, (probably “compact.” It was one of the royal cities of the Amorites, and its king one of the five, who went out to battle with Joshua Joshua 10:3. It lay in the low country, Shephelah, of Judah Joshua 15:33, Joshua 15:39, between Adoraim and Azekah 2 Chronicles 11:9, 2 Chronicles 11:7 Roman miles south of Eleutheropolis (Onomasticon), and so, probably,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 1:13-15

Micah 1:13-15. O thou inhabitant of Lachish This was a strong fortress in the tribe of Judah: see Joshua 15:39. Bind the chariot to the swift beast In order to flee from the approaching enemy. Lachish was one of the first cities that Sennacherib besieged, when he invaded Judea. She is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion She was the first among the cities of Judah which practised those idolatries which the kings and people of Israel had begun. Therefore shalt thou give... read more

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