Micah 6:13

Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee, in making [thee] desolate because of thy sins.

Therefore also will I make thee sick {H2470} in smiting {H5221} thee, in making thee desolate {H8074} because of thy sins {H2403}.

"Therefore, I am starting to strike you down, to destroy you because of your sins.

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

Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Acts 12:23 (3 votes)

    And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  • Leviticus 26:16 (3 votes)

    I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

  • Hosea 13:16 (3 votes)

    Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

  • Psalms 107:17 (3 votes)

    ¶ Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

  • Psalms 107:18 (3 votes)

    Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

  • Deuteronomy 28:21 (3 votes)

    The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

  • Deuteronomy 28:22 (3 votes)

    The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.