Micah 7:13

Micah 7:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
• New International Version (NIV)The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the result of their deeds.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the earth will be desolate because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their deeds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet the land shall be desolate Because of those who dwell in it, And for the fruit of their deeds.

Context of Micah 7:13

11It shall be a day for building your walls, On that day the boundary [of Israel] shall be [greatly] extended. 12It shall be a day when the Gentiles will come to you From Assyria and from the cities of Egypt, And from Egypt even to the river Euphrates, From sea to sea and from mountain to mountain. Yet the earth [beyond the land of Israel] shall become desolate because of those who dwell in it, Because of the fruit of their deeds. 14Shepherd and rule Your people with Your scepter [of blessing], The flock of Your inheritance and Your possession Which dwells alone [separate and secure from attack] in the forest, In the midst of a garden land. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old [the days of Moses and Elijah]. 15“As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I shall show you marvelous and miraculous things.”

Micah 7:13 word by word

וְהָיְתָ֥ה הָאָ֛רֶץ לִשְׁמָמָ֖ה עַל־יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑יהָ מִפְּרִ֖י מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Notwithstanding the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall be desolateשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• because of them that dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• therein, for the fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• of their doingsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611

Cross-references for Micah 7:13

• Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations and draw out the sword [of your enemies] after you; your land will become desolate and your cities will become ruins.
• Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered, “Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant, And houses are without people And the land is utterly desolate,
• Isaiah 24:3The earth will be completely laid waste and utterly pillaged, for the Lord has spoken this word.
• Jeremiah 25:11This whole land will be a waste and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
• Daniel 4:26And in that it was commanded to leave the stump with the roots of the tree [in the earth], your kingdom shall be restored to you after you recognize (understand fully) that Heaven rules.
• Luke 21:20“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by [hostile] armies, then understand [with confident assurance] that her complete destruction is near.
• Micah 3:12Therefore, on account of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the house [of the Lord] shall become like a densely wooded hill.
• Job 4:8As I have seen, those who plow wickedness And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.
• Proverbs 1:31Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own [wicked] way And be satiated with [the penalty of] their own devices.
• Proverbs 5:22The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
• Proverbs 31:31Give her of the product of her hands, And let her own works praise her in the gates [of the city].
• Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions.
• Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, search and examine the mind, I test the heart, To give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
• Jeremiah 21:14But I will punish you in accordance with the [appropriate] consequences of your decisions and your actions,” says the Lord. “I will kindle a fire in your forest, And it will devour all that is around you.” ’ ”
• Jeremiah 32:19great [are You] in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to reward or repay each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds;
• Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.

Commentaries on Micah 7:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate - This should be translated in the preter tense, "Though the land Had been desolate;" that is, the land of Israel had been desolate during the captivity, which captivity was the "fruit of the evil doings of them that had dwelt therein."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Notwithstanding - (And) the land (that is that spoken of, the land of Judah) shall be desolate not through any arbitrary law or the might of her enemies, but through the sins of the people, because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings Truly “the fruit of their doings,” what they did to please themselves, of their own minds against God. As they sow, so shall they reap. This sounds almost as a riddle and contradiction beforehand; “the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Those truly penitent for sin, will see great reason to be patient under affliction. When we complain to the Lord of the badness of the times, we ought to complain against ourselves for the badness of our hearts. We must depend upon God to work deliverance for us in due time. We must not only look to him, but look for him. In our greatest distresses, we shall see no reason to despair of salvation, if by faith we look to the Lord as the God of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Before their restoration, Israel must face discipline (Deuteronomy 4:29; 28:37, 48, 63; 30:1–6). desolate: The people's stubborn wickedness led to God's judgments.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. However glorious the prospect of restoration, the Jews are not to forget the visitation on their "land" which is to intervene for the "fruit of (evil caused by) their doings" (compare Pr 1:31; Is 3:10, 11; Jr 21:14).Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 7:13

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Commentaries on Micah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings