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Micah 6:13

Judgment

11 Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.

14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.

15 You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
KJV
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
WEB
Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.
ASV
Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.
DARBY
Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
BLB
So also I will be severe in striking you, to make [you] desolate over your sins!
ÅB
Så vil også jeg slå deg hardt
og legge deg øde for syndene dine.
OTB
Derfor vil jeg gjøre deg syk, slå deg ned,
Gjøre deg øde på grunn av dine synder.
B1930
Så vil da også jeg slå dig med farlige sår, ødelegge dig for dine synders skyld.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 107:17–18

    Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:21–22

    The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.

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  • Leviticus 26:16

    then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

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  • Acts 12:23

    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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  • Hosea 13:16

    Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

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  • Job 33:19–22

    A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

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  • Lamentations 3:11

    He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.

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  • Jeremiah 14:18

    If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”

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