Micah 6:13
“But I indeed, have begun to punish you, to lay you in ruins because of your sins.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
In Context
12Whose rich people are full of violence, her inhabitants liars, whose tongues speak deceit?
Cross References
Psalms 107:17Some were sick from their wicked ways, and suffering because of their sins.
Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their children dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.
Matthew Henry on Micah 6:10-16
Accusations and Threatenings. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The Lord 's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their… Read the whole commentary →