60 The place name Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team [of horses].”
61 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.
62 The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.
63 Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”
64 Heb “for in you was found the transgressions of Israel.”

In other versions

Harness the steeds to the chariots,

inhabitants of Lachish;

it was the beginning of sin

to the daughter of Zion,

for in you were found

the transgressions of Israel.

You who live in Lachish,

harness fast horses to the chariot.

You are where the sin of Daughter Zion began,

for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

Harness the horses to the chariot,

you residents of Lachish.

This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion

because Israel’s acts of rebellion can be traced to you.

Harness your chariot horses and flee,

you people of Lachish.

You were the first city in Judah

to follow Israel in her rebellion,

and you led Jerusalem into sin.

Harness the chariot to the team of horses,

O inhabitants of Lachish;

it is the beginning of sin

for the daughter of Zion,

for the transgressions of Israel

were found in you.

O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast:

She is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion:

For the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

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