Micah 6:13 - Easy To Read Version So I have started to punish you.\par I will destroy you because of your sins.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore I have also smitten you with a deadly wound and made you sick, laying you desolate, waste, and deserted because of your sins. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins. Common English Bible So I have made you sick by striking you! I have struck you because of your sins. Catholic Public Domain Version And I, therefore, began to strike you with perdition because of your sins. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I therefore began to strike thee with desolation for thy sins. |
If I go into the country,\par I see the people that were killed\par with swords.\par If I go into the city,\par I see much sickness,\par because the people have no food.\par The priests and the prophets\par have been taken away to a foreign land.’”\par
The Lord sent fire from above.\par That fire went down into my bones.\par He stretched out a net for my feet.\par He turned me all the way around.\par He made me into a wasteland.\par I am sick all day.\par
The Lord led me off my path.\par He tore me to pieces.\par He ruined me.\par
The crown has fallen from our head.\par Things have gone bad for us\par because we sinned.\par
Samaria must be punished.\par Why? Because she turned against her God.\par The Israelites will be killed with swords.\par Their children will be torn to pieces.\par Their pregnant women will be ripped open.”\par
Ephraim {\cf2\super [60]} will become empty\par at the time of punishment.\par I (God) warn the families of Israel\par that those things really will happen.\par
If you do that, then I will cause terrible things to happen to you. I will cause you to have disease and fever. They will destroy your eyes and take away your life. You will not have success when you plant your seed. And your enemies will eat your crops!
Samaria’s {\cf2\super [13]} wound can’t be healed.\par Her disease (sin) has spread to Judah.\par It has reached the city gate of my people.\par It has spread all the way to Jerusalem.\par
Why? Because you obey the laws of Omri. {\cf2\super [78]} \par You do all the \{bad\} things\par that Ahab’s family does.\par You follow their teachings.\par So I will let you be destroyed.\par People will whistle in amazement\par when they see your destroyed city.\par Then you will bear the shame\par that the other nations bring to you. {\cf2\super [79]} \par
The land was ruined by the people\par that lived there and by what they did.\par
Herod \{accepted this praise and\} did not give the glory to God. So an angel of the Lord caused him to become sick. He was eaten by worms inside him, and he died.