Micah 7:13

While the land [of the nations] shall be made desolate because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their doings.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

In Context

12It is a day when men shall come to thee from Assyria, and the cities of Mazor, and from Mazor even to the river, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain.

14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell in solitude in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gil'ad, as in the days of old.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:33And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out after you the sword; and your land shall be a desolate wild, and your cities shall be a waste.

Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied.

Proverbs 31:31Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Isaiah 6:11And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until that cities be left waste without an inhabitant, and houses without man, and the soil be made desolate as a wilderness,

Isaiah 24:3Empty, emptied out shall be the land, and spoiled, utterly spoiled; for the Lord hath spoken this word.

Jeremiah 21:14But I will inflict punishment on you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in its forest, and it shall devour all its environs.

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:8-14

Seeking Comfort in God; The Sins of the People. ( b. c. 700.) 7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord ; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord , because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. 10 Then she that is… Read the whole commentary →

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