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 will be a day for building your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended. 12It will be a day when they will come to you From Assyria and the cities of Egypt, From Egypt even to the Euphrates, Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain. And the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the fruit of their deeds. 14Shepherd Your people with Your scepter, The flock of Your possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old. 15“As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will show you miracles.”

Micah 7:13 word by word

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

• And the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• will becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• desolateשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• becauseעַל‛al · uponH5921
• of her inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• On accountמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• of their deedsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611

Cross-references for Micah 7:13

• Leviticus 26:33You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.
• Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered, “Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant, Houses are without people And the land is utterly desolate,
• Isaiah 24:3The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the Lord has spoken this word.
• Jeremiah 25:11This whole land will be a desolation 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, your kingdom will be assured to you after you recognize that it is Heaven that rules.
• Luke 21:20“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near.
• Micah 3:12Therefore, on account of you Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.
• Job 4:8According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.
• Proverbs 1:31So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices.
• Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
• Proverbs 31:31Give her the product of her hands, And let her works praise her in the gates.
• Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
• Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
• Jeremiah 21:14But I will punish you according to the results of your deeds,” declares the Lord, “And I will kindle a fire in its forest That it may devour all its environs.”’”
• Jeremiah 32:19great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds;
• Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also 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

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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