Micah 7:13
What does Micah 7:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Micah 7:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But the land will become a waste because of its people, as the fruit of their works.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the land hath been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the land shall be made desolate because of the inhabitants thereof, and for the fruit of their devices.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Context
v.12In that day shall they come unto thee from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
v.13This passage
v.14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily, in the forest in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 25:11
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
- Micah 3:12
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
- Isaiah 6:11
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,
- Daniel 4:26
And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.
- Micah 6:13
Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.
- Isaiah 24:3
The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
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