Key Verse Spotlight
Micah 6:13 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Therefore also will I make {thee} sick in smiting thee, in making {thee} desolate because of thy sins.”
Micah 6:13
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Shall I count {them} pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? {count...: or, be pure with, etc}
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue {is} deceitful in their mouth.
Therefore also will I make {thee} sick in smiting thee, in making {thee} desolate because of thy sins.
Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down {shall be} in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and {that} which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
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