Micah 6:13

Therefore also will I make thee sick in striking thee, 1 in making thee desolate because of chattotecha. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

12For the oisher (the wealthy) thereof are full of chamas (violence), + 6:12 See Moshiach without chamas, Isa 53:9 1 and the inhabitants thereof have spoken sheker, 1 and their leshon (tongue) is remiyah (guile) in their mouth. 1

14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; 1 and thy emptiness remains in thee; 1 and thou shalt put away but not save; 1 and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the cherev (sword). 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:21Hashem shall make the dever (plague, pestilence) have deveykus with thee, until He have consumed thee from off ha'adamah, whither thou goest to possess it.

Psalms 107:17Fools because of their derech peysha, 1 and because of their avonot (iniquities), were afflicted. 1

Isaiah 6:11Then cried I, Adonoi, ad mosai (how much longer [will this go on])? 1 And He answered, 1 Until the towns be wasted without inhabitant, 1 and the batim (houses) are without man, 1 and the ground be utterly desolate, a wilderness, 1

Lamentations 1:13From above hath He sent eish 1 into my atzamot (bones), and it prevaileth against them; 1 He hath spread a net for my feet, 1 He hath turned me back; 1 He hath made me desolate and kol hayom (ever) languishing. 1

Lamentations 5:16The ateret is fallen from our head; 1 woe unto us, for we have sinned! 1

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 →

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