Micah 6:13
And I also, I have begun to smite thee, To make desolate, because of thy sins.
Young's Literal Translation
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:21'Jehovah doth cause to cleave to thee the pestilence, till He consume thee from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it.
Psalms 107:17Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.
Isaiah 6:11And I say, 'Till when, O Lord?' And He saith, 'Surely till cities have been wasted without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the ground be wasted — a desolation,
Lamentations 1:13From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate — all the day sick.
Lamentations 5:16Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
Hosea 13:16Become desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!
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 →