1:13 Residents of Lachish, 1 hitch the horses to the chariots!
You 2 influenced Daughter Zion 3 to sin, 4
for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back 5 to you!
4:1 In the future 6 the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; 7
it will be more prominent than other hills. 8
People will stream to it.
1 sn The place name Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team [of horses].”
2 tn Heb “she”; this has been translated as second person (“you”) in keeping with the direct address to the residents of Lachish in the previous line.
3 sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.
4 tn Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”
5 tn Heb “for in you was found the transgressions of Israel.”
6 tn Heb “at the end of days.”
7 tn Heb “will be established as the head of the mountains.”
8 tn Heb “it will be lifted up above the hills.”