Micah 6:13

Therefore I will strike you with a terrible blow, 1 and I will make you desolate because of your sins. 1

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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

12The rich men are full of violence, 1 the inhabitants have spoken lies, 1 and their tongue in their mouth is deceitful. 1

14You will eat but not be satisfied; 1 your emptiness will remain inside you. 1 You will store goods away but not save, 1 and what you do save I will give to the sword. + 6:14 Parts of this verse are difficult to understand, because there are two Hebrew words in it whose meanings are not known. As a result, various other readings have been proposed that some modern versions follow. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:21Yahweh will make the plague cling to you until he destroys you from off the land that you are going in to possess.

Psalms 107:17They were foolish in their rebellious ways 1 and afflicted because of their sins. 1

Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, 1 “Until cities crash into ruins and are without inhabitants, 1 and the houses are without people, and the land falls into a desolate waste, 1

Lamentations 1:13It is from on high that he has sent fire into my bones, and it has conquered them. 1 He has spread a net for my feet and turned me back. 1 He has made me constantly desolate and weak. 1

Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head; 1 woe to us, for we have sinned! 1

Hosea 13:16Samaria will be guilty, 1 for she has rebelled against her God. 1 They will fall by the sword; 1 their young children will be dashed to pieces, 1 and their pregnant women will be 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 →

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