Micah 7:13

But the land will be desolate 1 because of the people who are living there, 1 because of the fruit of their actions. 1

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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

12On that day your people will come to you, 1 from Assyria and the cities in Egypt, 1 from Egypt to the River, 1 from sea to sea, 1 and from mountain to mountain. 1

14Shepherd your people with your rod, 1 the flock of your inheritance. 1 They live alone in a thicket, 1 in the midst of a pastureland. 1 Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead 1 as in the old days. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out my sword and follow you. Your land will be abandoned, and your cities will be ruined.

Proverbs 1:31They will eat the fruit of their ways, 1 and with the fruit of their schemes they will be filled. 1

Proverbs 31:31Give her the fruit of her hands 1 and let her works praise her in the gates.

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

Isaiah 24:3The earth will be completely devastated and completely stripped; 1 for Yahweh has spoken this word. 1

Jeremiah 21:14I have assigned the fruit of your practices to come against you—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and I will light a fire in the thickets, and it will consume everything around it.'”

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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