God’s Word Translation
Micah 7:13
13The earth will become a wasteland for those who live on it because of what the people living there have done.
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 and extending your borders is coming. 12When that day comes, your people will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, from Egypt to the Euphrates River, from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. The earth will become a wasteland for those who live on it because of what the people living there have done. 14With your shepherd’s staff, take care of your people, the sheep that belong to you. They live alone in the woods, in fertile pastures. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead like before. 15Let us see miracles like the time you came out of Egypt.
Read all of Micah 7Micah 7:13 word by word
וְהָיְתָ֥ה הָאָ֛רֶץ לִשְׁמָמָ֖ה עַל־יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑יהָ מִפְּרִ֖י מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Micah 7:13
- Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.
- Isaiah 6:11I asked, “How long, O Lord?” And he replied, “Until the cities lie in ruins with no one living in them, the houses have no people, and the land is completely desolate.
- Isaiah 24:3The earth will be completely laid waste and stripped because the Lord has spoken.
- Jeremiah 25:11This whole land will be ruined and become a wasteland. These nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.
- Daniel 4:26Since I said that the stump and the tree’s roots were to be left, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you realize that heaven rules.
- Luke 21:20“When you see armies camped around Jerusalem, realize that the time is near for it to be destroyed.
- Micah 3:12Because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble, and the temple mountain will become a worship site covered with trees.
- Job 4:8Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest.
- Proverbs 1:31They will eat the fruit of their lifestyle. They will be stuffed with their own schemes.
- Proverbs 5:22A wicked person will be trapped by his own wrongs, and he will be caught in the ropes of his own sin.
- Proverbs 31:31Reward her for what she has done, and let her achievements praise her at the city gates.”
- Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous that blessings will come to them. They will taste the fruit of their labor.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, search minds and test hearts. I will reward each person for what he has done. I will reward him for the results of his actions.
- Jeremiah 21:14“ ‘I will punish you because of the evil things you have done,’ ” declares the Lord. “ ‘I will start a fire in your forests, and it will burn up everything around you.’ ”
- Jeremiah 32:19You make wise plans and do mighty things. You see everything the descendants of Adam do. You reward them for the way they live and for what they do.
- Galatians 6:7Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you’ll harvest.
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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