Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.
WEB
Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
YLT
And I also, I have begun to smite thee, To make desolate, because of thy sins.
DBT
Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentMicah — A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.
- Author
- Micah the Morasthite (1:1) — from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean lowlands
- Date
- c. 740–700 BC, during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah