Micah 1:13

“O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast, etc.] Horses, camels, dromedaries, or mules. Somef69 render the word swift horse or horses, post horses; others dromedariesf70; and some mulesf71 the two latter seem more especially to be meant, either dromedaries, as the word is translated in (<110428>1 Kings 4:28); which is a very swift creature: Isidore saysf72 the dromedary is one sort of camels, of a lesser stature, yet swifter, from whence it has its name, and is used to go more than a hundred miles a day; this is thought to be what the Jewsf73 call a flying camel; which the gloss says is a sort of camels that are as swift in running as a bird that flies; they are…”

“"Bind the chariot to the swift steed," in order by a hasty flight to escape the invading foe. Compare Note, see on Isa 36:2, on "Lachish," at which Sennacherib fixed his headquarters (Kg2 18:14, Kg2 18:17; Jer 34:7). she is the beginning of the sin to . . . Zion--Lachish was the first of the cities of Judah, according to this passage, to introduce the worship of false gods, imitating what Jeroboam had introduced in Israel. As lying near the border of the north kingdom, Lachish was first to be infected by its idolatry, which thence spread to Jerusalem.”

“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, close to the hill-country, although on the plain; partaking perhaps of the advantages of both. Rehoboam fortified it. Amaziah fled to it from the conspiracy at Jerusalem 2 Kings 14:19, as a place of…”

“Lachish - A strong fortress on the confines of Judah. Bind the chariot - To fly from the sword of the enemy. She - Lachish, which being the nearest to idolatrous Israel, took the infection of them, and conveyed it to Jerusalem. The transgressions - Not only the idolatry, but other sins also. Of Israel - Of the ten tribes. Micah 1:14”

“1:13 Lachish was the second most important city in Judah, after Jerusalem, and was Judah’s main center of defense against their enemies. Even today, a massive tell over 150 feet (46 meters) high remains. Lachish fell in 701 BC, having been besieged, terrified, starved, and demolished by Sennacherib’s war engines. Sennacherib celebrated its fall as one of his greatest victories and featured the event in monumental carvings on his palace walls.”

“Lachish: Jos 15:39; Kg2 18:13, Kg2 18:14, Kg2 18:17; Ch2 11:9, Ch2 32:9; Isa 37:8 bind: Gen 19:17; Isa 10:31; Jer 4:29 she: Exo 32:21; Kg1 13:33, Kg1 13:34, Kg1 14:16, Kg1 16:31; Rev 2:14, Rev 2:20, Rev 18:1-5 for: Kg2 8:18, Kg2 16:3, Kg2 16:4; Jer 3:8; Eze 23:11 Micah 1:14”

“And the judgment will not even stop at Jerusalem, but will spread still further over the land. This spreading is depicted in Mic 1:13-15 in the same manner as before. Mic 1:13. "Harness the horse to the chariot, O inhabitress of Lachish! It was the beginning of sin to the daughter Zion, that the iniquities of Israel were found in her. Mic 1:14. Therefore wilt thou give dismissal-presents to Moresheth-gath (i.e., the betrothed of Gath); the houses of Achzib (lying fountain) become a lying brook for Israel's kings. Mic 1:15. I will still bring thee the heir, O inhabitress of Mareshah (hereditary city); the nobility of Israel will come to Adullam. Mic 1:16. Make thyself bald, and shave thyself…”