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Lachish
The name "Lachish" sounds like "to the chariots" in Hebrew. The people are hitching their chariots to flee, not fight. Lachish was the most important city after Jerusalem in Judah. This passage sounds unusual in English because of its construction in Hebrew. The names of the cities are used to describe their destruction. "Lachish will be lashed" is an example of this type of construction.
the daughter of Zion
"the people of Zion" or "the people who live in Zion"
for the transgressions of Israel were found in you
"for you disobeyed like the people of Israel did"