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The Punishment of Israel

Micah 6:13

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
And I also, I have begun to strike you, || To make desolate, because of your sins.
YLT
And I also, I have begun to smite thee, To make desolate, because of thy sins.
DBY
Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
DRC
And I therefore began to strike thee with desolation for thy sins.
GNV
Therefore also will I make thee sicke in smiting thee, and in making thee desolate, because of thy sinnes.
JPS
Therefore I also do smite thee with a grievous wound; I do make thee desolate because of thy sins.
LXXE
Therefore will I begin to smite thee; I will destroy thee in thy sins.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְגַם־אֲנִ֖י הֶחֱלֵ֣יתִי הַכּוֹתֶ֑ךָ הַשְׁמֵ֖ם עַל־חַטֹּאתֶֽךָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγὼ ἄρξομαι τοῦ πατάξαι σε, ἀφανιῶ σε ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις σου.

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◆ Prophecies of Micah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 107:17–18Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
  • Deuteronomy 28:21–22The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess. The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat…
  • Leviticus 26:16then 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.
  • Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  • Hosea 13:16Samaria 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.
  • Hosea 5:9Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
  • Lamentations 3:11He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
  • Isaiah 1:5–7Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and…
  • Lamentations 1:13He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
  • Job 33:19–22A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones, so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food. His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude. He…
  • Jeremiah 14:18If 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.’”
  • Isaiah 6:11Then 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,

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