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Israel’s Confession and Comfort

Micah 7:13

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
KJV
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.Notwithstanding: or, After that it hath been
WEB
Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
ASV
Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
LSV
And the land has been for a desolation, || Because of its inhabitants, || Because of the fruit of their doings.
YLT
And the land hath been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.
DBY
But the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
DRC
And the land shall be made desolate, because of the inhabitants thereof, and for the fruit of their devices.
GNV
Notwithstanding, the lande shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, and for the fruites of their inuentions.
JPS
And the land shall be desolate for them that dwell therein, because of the fruit of their doings.
LXXE
And the land shall be utterly desolate together with them that inhabit it, because of the fruit of their doings.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהָיְתָ֥ה הָאָ֛רֶץ לִשְׁמָמָ֖ה עַל־יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑יהָ מִפְּרִ֖י מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔσται ἡ γῆ εἰς ἀφανισμὸν σὺν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν αὐτὴν, ἀπὸ καρπῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 3:10–11Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor. Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  • Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
  • Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
  • Micah 6:13Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
  • Proverbs 31:31Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
  • Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
  • Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
  • Jeremiah 21:14I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”
  • Isaiah 24:3–8The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word. The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away. The earth is defiled…
  • Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
  • Daniel 4:26–27As 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. Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from…
  • Luke 21:20–24But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of…
  • Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
  • Jeremiah 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
  • Isaiah 6:11–13Then 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, until the LORD has driven men far away…
  • Galatians 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the…

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