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Micah 7:13

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיְתָ֥הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will becomeH1961 →
הָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
לִשְׁמָמָ֖הlish.ma.Mah<into> a desolationH8077 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑יהָyo.she.Vei.hainhabitants itsH3427 →
מִפְּרִ֖יmi.pe.Rifrom [the] fruit ofH6529 →
מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ סMa.'a.lei.Hemdeeds theirH4611 →

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Isaiah 3:10–11Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.Zephaniah 1:2“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.Ezekiel 12:19Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.Micah 6:13Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.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 5:3Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.Zephaniah 1:17I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.Ezekiel 33:28I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.Jeremiah 7:34I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.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.Galatians 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.Leviticus 26:33–39But 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.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.’”Proverbs 31:31Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.

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Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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