Micah 7:13 “Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the…”

Micah 7:13

Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

World English Bible

Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

American Standard Version

Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

Geneva Bible 1599

Notwithstanding, the lande shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, and for the fruites of their inuentions.

Darby Translation

But the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

Young's Literal Translation

And the land hath been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.

Bible in Basic English

But the land will become a waste because of its people, as the fruit of their works.

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Cross references

“Not withstanding the land shall be”

Jeremiah 25:11 Leviticus 26:33–39 Isaiah 6:11–13 Isaiah 24:3–8 Luke 21:20–24 Daniel 4:26

Jeremiah 25:11 · BSB

And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

Leviticus 26:33–39 · BSB

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Isaiah 6:11–13 · BSB

Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

Isaiah 24:3–8 · BSB

The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

Luke 21:20–24 · BSB

But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

Daniel 4:26 · BSB

As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.

“for”

Jeremiah 17:10 Micah 3:12 Job 4:8 Proverbs 1:31 Proverbs 5:22 Proverbs 31:31

Jeremiah 17:10 · BSB

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Micah 3:12 · BSB

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Job 4:8 · BSB

As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

Proverbs 1:31 · BSB

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 5:22 · BSB

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

Proverbs 31:31 · BSB

Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.

Also

Micah 6:13

Micah 6:13 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

14Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

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