New King James Version
Micah 7:13
13Yet the land shall be desolate Because of those who dwell in it, And for 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 Living Translation (NLT)But the land will become empty and desolate because of the wickedness of those who live there.
Context of Micah 7:13
11In the day when your walls are to be built, In that day the decree shall go far and wide. 12In that day they shall come to you From Assyria and the fortified cities, From the fortress to the River, From sea to sea, And mountain to mountain. Yet the land shall be desolate Because of those who dwell in it, And for the fruit of their deeds. 14Shepherd Your people with Your staff, The flock of Your heritage, Who dwell solitarily in a woodland, In the midst of Carmel; Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, As in days of old. 15“As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them wonders.”
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וְהָיְתָ֥ה הָאָ֛רֶץ לִשְׁמָמָ֖ה עַל־יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑יהָ מִפְּרִ֖י מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Micah 7:13
- Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.
- Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered: “Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, The houses are without a man, The land is utterly desolate,
- Isaiah 24:3The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered, For the Lord has spoken this word.
- Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
- Daniel 4:26“And inasmuch as they gave the command to leave the stump and roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be assured to you, after you come to know that Heaven rules.
- Luke 21:20“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.
- Micah 3:12Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, And the mountain of the temple Like the bare hills of the forest.
- Job 4:8Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same.
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
- Proverbs 31:31Give her of the fruit of her hands, And let her own works praise her in the gates.
- Isaiah 3:10“Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.
- Jeremiah 21:14But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,” says the Lord; “I will kindle a fire in its forest, And it shall devour all things around it.” ’ ”
- Jeremiah 32:19You are great in counsel and mighty in work, for Your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that 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
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