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Micah 7:13
13Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
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
11The day for rebuilding your walls will come— the day for extending your boundary. 12On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain. Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds. 14Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 15As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show My wonders.
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וְהָיְתָ֥ה הָאָ֛רֶץ לִשְׁמָמָ֖ה עַל־יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑יהָ מִפְּרִ֖י מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Micah 7:13
- Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
- Isaiah 24:3The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
- Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- Daniel 4:26As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
- Luke 21:20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
- Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Proverbs 31:31Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
- Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Jeremiah 21:14I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”
- Jeremiah 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
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
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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
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