Micah 1:12-14

Revised Standard Version

¹² For the inhabitants of Maroth
    wait anxiously for good,
because evil has come down from the Lord
    to the gate of Jerusalem.
¹³ Harness the steeds to the chariots,
    inhabitants of Lachish;
you were^[a] the beginning of sin
    to the daughter of Zion,
for in you were found
    the transgressions of Israel.
¹⁴ Therefore you shall give parting gifts
    to Mo′resheth-gath;
the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing
    to the kings of Israel.